accustomed
Example Sentences
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Bournemouth have become accustomed to having major talent poached and, although Iraola insists he does not have another job lined up, he is expected to be in high demand this summer.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
Judges accustomed to having government lawyers comply with their orders have been left fuming.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026
In his Easter address, the pontiff said without mentioning any countries directly that people were growing accustomed to violence and indifferent to thousands of deaths.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
The Strait of Hormuz, sailors said, risks becoming a graveyard for a trading system so integral to the modern economy that most consumers, accustomed to cheap imports and three-day shipping, take it for granted.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
Over the past 10,000 years, Homo sapiens has grown so accustomed to being the only human species that it’s hard for us to conceive of any other possibility.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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The Watsons Go to Birmingham
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