- present tense form of accustom (3rd person singular).
accustoms
Example Sentences
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Chief among these techniques is "systematic desensitization," the process a mother uses when she accustoms a baby to the ocean by dipping in one foot first, then a leg, then the infant's whole body.
From Time Magazine Archive
Though it is repetitious and - I am afraid to say - increasingly annoying to listen to, this technique soon accustoms our ears to expect equal weight in a tune’s two halves.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
At first he feels giddy, but in time accustoms himself to put on a grave air.
From La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages by Jules Michelet
He was wise enough to attempt no consolation, knowing well how small a part of her life the venerable Indian had been and how easily youth accustoms itself to such a loss.
From Jessica, the Heiress by Evelyn Raymond
There a boy learns to play fair, accustoms himself to that greatest of social ties, l’esprit du corps.
From The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education by Alice Freeman Palmer
