accustomedness

Example Sentences

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In the basement Jane Foster was absorbed in her labours, which were things whose accustomedness provided her with pleasure.

From In the Closed Room by Burnett, Frances Hodgson

Luck looked with the eye of his imagination and saw the dried little man climbing, with a stiffness that could not hide his accustomedness, into the saddle.

From The Phantom Herd by Bower, B. M.

He seemed remote, as indifferent to her as were any of the others dulled by accustomedness to her constant presence among them.

From The Heritage of the Sioux by Bower, B. M.

What impressed me was the evident accustomedness of both driver and horses to this method of working down a hill.

From Three Men on the Bummel by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)

Yet afterwards, when accustomedness had brought its reward of speed, there was still for Billy no time; for increased knowledge had only opened the way to other paths, untrodden and alluring.

From Miss Billy — Married by Porter, Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman)