conditioned

Example Sentences

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He touches her hand and she doesn’t recoil, a surprisingly low bar we’re now conditioned to appreciate.

From Seattle Times

There was no alternative; I was conditioned to accept it.”

From Seattle Times

We have been conditioned for distraction: the ping of a text, the knock-knock of a Slack message, the itchy urge while doing one thing that we ought to be doing something else.

From Salon

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, who made a surprise visit to Ukraine last month, said: "An ambitious and appropriately conditioned IMF programme is critical to underpin Ukraine's reform efforts."

From BBC

We've all found ourselves in situations we've been conditioned to desire only to discover that the wanting is much better than the reality.

From Salon