uncustomary

Example Sentences

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From Congress to the mainstream Jewish community, many have been stunned into uncustomary silence, others have broken with long tradition and voiced outright criticism.

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2023

Mr. Farrell has found himself in an uncustomary role: beseeching his suppliers to allocate more of their goods to him so that his company can work through a growing backlog of orders.

From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2021

The customary thing would be for him to play some uncustomary role in a hit HBO series, or get into a Marvel project or something where he’d have to muss up his hair.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2021

Scotty Pippen Jr. added 12 points and Saben Lee had 11 for the Commodores, who shot an uncustomary 36% from the floor, hitting just 20 of 56, and had their three-game win streak snapped.

From Washington Times • Nov. 30, 2019

Customs are made for customary circumstances, and customary characters: and his circumstances or his character may be uncustomary.

From On Liberty by Mill, John Stuart