All 8 Uses of
accustomed
in
Atlas Shrugged
- He had become accustomed to the feeling, but he could find no explanation for it; yet the bum had spoken as if he knew that Eddie felt it, as if he thought that one should feel it, and more: as if he knew the reason.†
Chpt 1.1
- He had long since become accustomed to the fact that he was Senor d'Anconia of d'Anconia Copper.†
Chpt 1.5
- They were a perfectly sound riskthough, of course, I am speaking in human terms, not in the terms of cold cash, which you are accustomed to expect from bankers.†
Chpt 1.10
- .... I am not accustomed to being questioned in such manner and .... Don't keep repeating it.†
Chpt 1.10 *
- The voice had the firmness, the clarity and the special courtesy peculiar to men who are accustomed to giving orders.†
Chpt 2.7
- I'm not accustomed to being dragged halfway across a continent without rhyme, reason or notice.†
Chpt 3.3
- He was accustomed to hearing speeches extorted by unknown pressure from unwilling victims, and he concluded that this was the case of a reactionary forced to confess a scandal and that, therefore, the speech had, perhaps, some political value; besides, he was curious to hear it "I am proud that he had chosen me to give him pleasure and that it was he who had been my choice.†
Chpt 3.3
- I've always been misunderstood and I should have been accustomed to it by now, only I thought that you were different and that I had a chance.†
Chpt 3.4
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.