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Example Sentences
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Girmay fretted that the worlds course, with its nearly 18,000 feet of climbing, was too much—that African riders, especially ones unused to Kigali’s mile-high altitude, would have trouble finishing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
They are unused to wearing the favourite's tag and it has never sat well.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2025
It was one of those heartening Winter Jazzfest moments, when you find yourself surrounded by hundreds of under-40 ears, at a venue unused to jazz, cheering loudly for improvisers.
From New York Times ● Jan. 15, 2024
Dhont believes society is so unused to seeing depictions of intimacy between young men, people are conditioned to immediately interpret them as sexual.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2023
Adam looked surprised, unused to the parent being more sarcastic than the child, I imagine.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
