Because he failed to conform to generally accepted notions...Unusual people, deeply religious men, men of morals we won't understand.

The color seemed guaranteed to set him apart in the world of hip-hop, where men's style tends to conform to notions of hypermasculinity.

In Greek times, the debate was largely philosophical and did not conform to present notions of cosmology.

But other pictures, while not conforming to familiar notions of self-portraiture, do not seem out of place.

Why does she of all people feel the need to conform to conventional male-defined notions of femininity?

Mr. Pinter's works are experiences, comparable to other art forms, not conforming to preconceived notions of playwriting.

Because so many of the pictures in Vogue are about fantasy, more than a few do not conform to approved notions of women's behavior.

American experimental music has long been the province of outsiders, strange, eccentric and unstoppably original creators who simply cannot conform to received notions of what art must be.

The actual biology of embryos doesn't conform to notions of unique human potential in early embryos, Dr. Gazzaniga argued.

But not much about Bigsby & Kruthers's lavish new two-story emporium in the heart of Chicago's financial district conforms to predictable notions of men's retailing.