All 7 Uses of
accustomed
in
Babbitt
- I'm going to get those guys, one of these days, and I told 'em so. You know how I am——well, maybe you don't know, but I'm accustomed to first-class accommodations, and I'm perfectly willing to pay a reasonable price.†
Chpt 10
- However accustomed to the literary labors of advertisements and correspondence, Babbitt was dismayed on the evening when he sat down to prepare a paper which would take a whole ten minutes to read.†
Chpt 13
- If he was not invited by them to dinner, he was yet accustomed to talking with bank-presidents, congressmen, and clubwomen who entertained poets.†
Chpt 15
- She seemed accustomed to not being introduced.†
Chpt 19 *
- Now, Mrs. Babbitt was not accustomed to leave home during the winter except on violently demanding occasions, and only the summer before, she had been gone for weeks.†
Chpt 29
- Of course I'm not accustomed to associating with society people like you, so I don't know how to act in such exalted circles!"†
Chpt 29
- They were the Bunch, wise and beautiful and amusing; they were Bohemians and urbanites, accustomed to all the luxuries of Zenith: dance-halls, movie-theaters, and roadhouses; and in a cynical superiority to people who were "slow" or "tightwad" they cackled:†
Chpt 29
Definition:
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(accustom) to make someone used to something
(used to is an expression that means someone has adapted to something, so it does not seem unusual)editor's notes: In professional environments, you may make a better impression by saying one is accustomed to something rather than one is used to something.