a meeting of a political party, esp to select party candidates
Examples of 'political convention' in a sentence
political convention
That's the future of the political convention.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He said he was rather surprised to find himself at a political convention.
Globe and Mail (2003)
His campaign upended every political convention, his victory defied every professional prediction.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
She did it in an atmosphere that was more like that of a political convention than a tennis tournament.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
At political conventions that is certainly true.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Royal and noble lineages, therefore, are not material facts but social and political conventions.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
Political conventions are starting to feel like high street coffee shops, serving up the same formulas: the intellectual equivalent of tall skinny lattes for everyone.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Yet if 2016 taught us anything, it is precisely that political conventions are made to be broken.
The Times Literary Supplement (2017)
Once again they were forced to ponder one of the great truisms of modern political conventions: primetime television stars look great on primetime television.