habitual

Example Sentences

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Boston’s success has even given rise to a debate as to whether the return of a habitual All-Star might be too disruptive to a winning team.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

Rosenkranz objected to the claims that the company was doing nothing to crack down on habitual copyright offenders.

From Barron's • Dec. 1, 2025

But their more intimate songs portray her as an habitual outsider who doubts her own abilities and motivations.

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2025

This habitual stentorian announcement of what the high court will be deciding was once merely myopic, ignoring ethics violations and judicial behavior as it did.

From Slate • Oct. 2, 2025

Then the candor of the woman’s whole existence, which every one might read, and which formed so striking a contrast to her own habitual reserve—this might have furnished a link.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin