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 1.1accustomed to = used to (adapted to something, so it seems normal)
- He had long since become accustomed to the fact that he was Señor 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:
to make someone used to something
(used to is an expression that means someone has adapted to something, so it does not seem unusual)
(used to is an expression that means someone has adapted to something, so it does not seem unusual)
In professional environments, you may make a better impression by saying one is accustomed to something rather than one is used to something.