grow used to
Example Sentences
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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
I did not want to grow used to the dark.”
From New York Times • Nov. 6, 2017
“To live in freedom,” De Tocqueville warned, “one must grow used to a life full of agitation, change and danger.”
From The Guardian • Dec. 8, 2016
Others wonder whether the bighorn, accustomed to traffic in the canyon, might quickly grow used to the hanging fabric — and possibly enjoy it.
From New York Times • May 17, 2011
He had let himself grow used to her sendings, her questions, her constant presence in his head.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
