CONVERSE in a Sentence

Learn CONVERSE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

352 example sentences for CONVERSE, such as:

1. The art of good conversation seems lost.
2. Clearly she had no wish for conversation.
3. Drag up a chair and join the conversation.
4. She was engaged in conversation with a client.
5. Your conversation is the mirror of your thoughts.

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 Meanings and Examples of CONVERSE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
converse
 n.  opposite; something that has been reversed; conversation
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Thus did we converse, and anon Proserpine sent up the ghosts of the wives and daughters of all the most famous men.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XI
2  Thus did they converse, and they had only a very little time left for sleep, for it was soon daybreak.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XV
3  Thus did they converse, and meanwhile the ship which had brought Telemachus and his crew from Pylos had reached the town of Ithaca.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XVI
4  Thus did they converse; meanwhile Melanthius the goatherd came up, for he too was bringing in his best goats for the suitors' dinner; and he had two shepherds with him.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XX
5  Thus did they converse, and presently Mercury came up to them with the ghosts of the suitors who had been killed by Ulysses.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XXIV
6  Thus did they converse in the house of Hades deep down within the bowels of the earth.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XXIV
7  Thus did they converse; but the others, when they had finished their work and the feast was ready, left off working, and took each his proper place on the benches and seats.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XXIV
8  I saw by her look she wished no longer to talk to me, but rather to converse with her own thoughts.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
9  You must be on your guard against her; you must shun her example; if necessary, avoid her company, exclude her from your sports, and shut her out from your converse.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
10  The more you and I converse, the better; for while I cannot blight you, you may refresh me.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
11  I could join with Diana and Mary in all their occupations; converse with them as much as they wished, and aid them when and where they would allow me.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
12  But they are very pleasing women when you converse with them.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
13  She could think of nothing more to say; but if he wished to converse with her, he might have better success.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 54
14  I let the poor things converse unmolested, till I supposed the songs were going to cease, and the singers to get some refreshment: then I clambered up the ladder to warn her.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
15  I walked to the city without any concern, being clad like one of the natives, and sufficiently instructed to converse with them.
Gulliver's Travels 2 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: CHAPTER IV.
Example Sentence: (142 in 10 pages)
16  A loft conversion can add considerably to the value of a house.
17  No conversion from analogue to digital data is needed.
18  The huge proportions of the main rooms made the house unsuitable for conversion into flats.
19  Children quickly get bored by adult conversation.
20  She longed to break in on their conversation but didn't want to appear rude.
21  The art of conversation is highly esteemed in France.
22  The art of good conversation seems lost.
23  You ought to have instructed your attorney to bring an action against the hawker for criminal conversation with your wife.
24  She fell into a conversation with a man at the bar.
25  He drags his war stories into every conversation.
26  By reading we enrich the mind; by conversation we polish it.
27  Clearly she had no wish for conversation.
28  Your conversation is the mirror of your thoughts.
29  Drag up a chair and join the conversation.
30  She was engaged in conversation with a client.