accustomed
Example Sentences
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"They have grown accustomed to putting up with it."
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
You are lucky and/or willing to keep working, and ensure that you top up your retirement fund, and keep yourself in the lifestyle — however grand or modest — to which you have become accustomed.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
Growing up, Alejandra Villarreal was accustomed to the dry Mexican heat, trapped inside the small historic venues where she and her sisters would perform as kids.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Gym bros accustomed to bench-presses and burpees swagger into serene studios expecting to spend 50 minutes doing light exercises with toy dumbbells.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
I was more accustomed now to being one of a few students of color in a packed lecture hall.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
Vocabulary lists containing accustomed
The Watsons Go to Birmingham
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The Wishing Spell
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