force of habit
Example Sentences
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Perhaps it was force of habit that when Paul George discussed how the Clippers could manage their deep roster’s looming crunch for playing time Monday, the star forward called on using “the Team USA approach.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2022
While the host, in part, was deflecting, the deflection was also a force of habit.
From Slate • May 17, 2022
By force of habit, I switch on the radio.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2022
What do you need and what are you just keeping around from force of habit?
From Washington Post • Jun. 1, 2018
He broke off a corner out of force of habit and was about to reach down with it when he remembered—there was no fox under the table.
From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
