bad habit

Example Sentences

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You would likely not see any money you gave him, so even loaning him money would merely start a bad habit that could be hard to break.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 21, 2026

Because this country has a bad habit of forgetting.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025

And that collective bad habit isn’t just one that applies to young people, either.

From Salon • Jan. 1, 2025

Now I wonder - have I just swapped one bad habit for another?

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2024

“See, he had a bad habit of doing the very first thing that popped into his mind, no matter how foolish,” my grandfather said.

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen