Sample Sentences foraccustomed (editor-reviewed)
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In the United States we're accustomed to forming our own opinion about the promises of advertisements and politicians.accustomed to = used to (have adapted to and have an expectation of)
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When her eyes grew accustomed to the dark, she saw him standing in the corner.accustomed to = adapted
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Actors and politicians are accustomed to less privacy than the rest of us.accustomed to = used to (have adapted to and have an expectation of)
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The birds too are just as carefree, they have long since accustomed themselves to the war. (source)accustomed = adapted
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Thus Roger Chillingworth scrutinised his patient carefully, both as he saw him in his ordinary life, keeping an accustomed pathway in the range of thoughts familiar to him, and as he appeared when thrown amidst other moral scenery, the novelty of which might call out something new to the surface of his character. (source)accustomed = usual
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People aren't accustomed to seeing large animals that are so quick. (source)accustomed to = used to (adapted to something, so it seems normal)
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I had become almost accustomed to hearing insults aimed at Atticus. (source)accustomed to = used to (adapted to something, so it seems normal)
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I was so accustomed by this time to lavish surroundings that the shabbiness of the Suruya surprised me. (source)
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Snubbed again, Kit fell silent and listened to that unaccustomed shouting in the distance.† (source)standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unaccustomed means not and reverses the meaning of accustomed. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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We are a nation at war, we have been for nearly a century, and we are not unaccustomed to obstacles in the path to victory.† (source)standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unaccustomed to means not and reverses the meaning of accustomed to. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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I also remember that he has had almost two years to accustom himself to the idea of her death.† (source)
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That constantly saying what one doesn't mean accustoms the mouth to meaningless phrases.† (source)
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accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity;† (source)
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The mockeries are not you, Underneath them and within them I see you lurk, I pursue you where none else has pursued you, Silence, the desk, the flippant expression, the night, the accustom'd routine, if these conceal you from others or from yourself, they do not conceal you from me, The shaved face, the unsteady eye, the impure complexion, if these balk others they do not balk me, The pert apparel, the deform'd attitude, drunkenness, greed, premature death, all these I part aside.† (source)unconventional spelling: This is spelled accustomed more commonly.
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He felt unaccustomedly bold and lighthearted; the arrival of Elisha had caused his mood to change.† (source)standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unaccustomedly means not and reverses the meaning of accustomedly. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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But this meant that I had disaccustomed myself to thinking of the man who had been the Scholarly Attorney as my father.† (source)standard prefix: The prefix "dis-" in disaccustomed reverses the meaning of accustomed. This is the same pattern as seen in words like disagree, disconnect, and disappear.
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