bad habit
Example Sentences
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Drug-trial results are driving share prices: For much of the past four years, biotech stocks had the bad habit of selling off even after the release of positive drug-trial data.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 3, 2025
Though he yielded only one hit, the recently streaking right-hander fell back into a bad habit of being “too fine,” as manager Dave Roberts described it, with his command.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2025
This is not a minor character flaw or a bad habit that only emerges once or twice in his life.
From Salon • Oct. 8, 2024
Now I wonder - have I just swapped one bad habit for another?
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2024
I wasn’t very good at asking for help, a bad habit I inherited from my father.
From "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" by Benjamin Alire Saenz
