- present tense form of accustom (3rd person singular).
accustoms
Example Sentences
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Chief among these techniques is "systematic desensitization," the process a mother uses when she accustoms a baby to the ocean by dipping in one foot first, then a leg, then the infant's whole body.
From Time Magazine Archive
Though it is repetitious and - I am afraid to say - increasingly annoying to listen to, this technique soon accustoms our ears to expect equal weight in a tune’s two halves.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
He is compelled to notice boulevards and buildings, parks and people; and every day of his travels is a lesson in observation that accustoms him to remember all he has once seen.
From Every Man His Own University by Conwell, Russell H.
The line now assumes in his eyes a very definite meaning; and he accustoms himself to recognize, to interpret and to judge of forms contained by a simple outline.
From Dr. Montessori's Own Handbook by Montessori, Maria
She accustoms herself to meditation, in order to get her mind more deeply imbued with a sense of eternal things.
From Coelebs In Search of a Wife by More, Hannah
