accustom

Example Sentences

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And the notion that video games might accustom people to the idea of war has long been settled: The U.S.

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2024

Trent, the former customer the Roosevelt Bartell, ended up at the Rite Aid in Wedgwood, where she said she’s had to accustom herself to long waits.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 16, 2023

Several mahouts went to Sri Lanka in advance to accustom the animal to being caged so he wouldn’t panic during the trip to Thailand.

From Washington Times • Jul. 2, 2023

Much the same is true for the pandemic, which lingers in ways we find we can endure precisely because our martial metaphors accustom us to thinking we will definitively defeat it.

From Washington Post • Sep. 9, 2022

Both of these flies waren’t accustom to being wet and started whirring and splashing and skimming ’cross the top of the lake.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis