All 3 Uses of
accustomed
in
The Horse Whisperer
- She specialized in hip, brutal profiles of celebrities more accustomed to adulation.†
Chpt 2accustomed to = used to (adapted to something, so it seems normal)
- It took a while for the girl's eyes to grow accustomed to the darkness.†
Chpt 4
- These are the shapes which now inhabit you, she told herself, and to whose points and lines and angles you must become accustomed.†
Chpt 35 *
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.