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
Others wonder whether the bighorn, accustomed to traffic in the canyon, might quickly grow used to the hanging fabric — and possibly enjoy it.
From New York Times • May 17, 2011
People working at the Grand Central Post Office grow used to strange remarks.
From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg
