grow used to
Example Sentences
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As rapid price increases linger, central bankers fret that consumers and businesses will grow used to them.
From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2022
That’s hard to remember: we grow used to the ways we pay our bills and are paid for our work, to the dance of numbers in our bank balances and credit-card statements.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 29, 2019
He leaves us to fend for ourselves and we grow used to the mention of beachbreaks and pointbreaks and shorebreaks, of squashtail boards and long-radius speed pumps.
From The Guardian • Apr. 22, 2016
A rapid shift in public opinion is bolstering their cause as more people grow used to the idea of same-sex marriage and become acquainted with openly gay people and couples.
From New York Times • Nov. 13, 2012
People working at the Grand Central Post Office grow used to strange remarks.
From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg
