grow used to
Example Sentences
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That’s hard to remember: we grow used to the ways we pay our bills and are paid for our work, to the dance of numbers in our bank balances and credit-card statements.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 29, 2019
I did not want to grow used to the dark.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 6, 2017
He leaves us to fend for ourselves and we grow used to the mention of beachbreaks and pointbreaks and shorebreaks, of squashtail boards and long-radius speed pumps.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 22, 2016
A rapid shift in public opinion is bolstering their cause as more people grow used to the idea of same-sex marriage and become acquainted with openly gay people and couples.
From New York Times ● Nov. 13, 2012
He had let himself grow used to her sendings, her questions, her constant presence in his head.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
