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The term "convey" in literature operates with both literal and metaphorical dimensions. It is often employed to denote physical movement or transfer—as in the case of vessels that convey governors [1], carriages that convey passengers [2], or lands conveyed in legal agreements [3]—while also capturing the transmission of abstract ideas and emotions. Authors harness the word to express sentiments, as when greetings and regrets are conveyed through a missive [4] or when a painter’s brush is said to convey an idea that language alone cannot capture [5, 6]. In this way, "convey" serves as a bridge between the tangible and the intangible, enriching narratives by emphasizing the act of communication that underpins human experience.
  1. It is a suburb of the city, and has a station for the vessels with cabins, which convey the governors when they visit the upper parts of the country.
    — from The Geography of Strabo, Volume 3 (of 3) by Strabo
  2. A carriage would be at Mrs. Jellyby's to convey us out of town early in the forenoon of to-morrow.
    — from Bleak House by Charles Dickens
  3. Agreements to convey lands claimed under the grants of different Stat
    — from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton and John Jay and James Madison
  4. "On the other hand, should I not do so, pray convey to him my greetings and my regrets."
    — from Fathers and Sons by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
  5. I cannot describe its awful grandeur; human language fails to convey an idea of its savage sublimity.
    — from A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne
  6. Words are impotent to convey any just idea of the fierceness of resistance with which she wrestled with the Shadow.
    — from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition by Edgar Allan Poe

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