bad habit

Example Sentences

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You would likely not see any money you gave him, so even loaning him money would merely start a bad habit that could be hard to break.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 21, 2026

"The future is food, not a bad habit," he tells the BBC at his warehouse in Harare.

From BBC • Sep. 27, 2025

This is not a minor character flaw or a bad habit that only emerges once or twice in his life.

From Salon • Oct. 8, 2024

She called it a bad habit and that a benchmark of even 90% agreement would make more sense.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 11, 2023

I wasn’t very good at asking for help, a bad habit I inherited from my father.

From "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" by Benjamin Alire Saenz