accustomed
Example Sentences
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Judges accustomed to having government lawyers comply with their orders have been left fuming.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026
The stock deserves to trade more richly versus the market, given that management is doing what it can to maintain the type of growth the market is accustomed to.
From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026
In a country accustomed to overheated rhetoric and theatrical pronouncements, Peruvians watch Velarde’s carefully-worded declarations, delivered in a calm baritone, most recently on the economic fallout from the Iran war.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
In his Easter address, the pontiff said without mentioning any countries directly that people were growing accustomed to violence and indifferent to thousands of deaths.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
We had of late been so accustomed to watch for sunrise and sunset, that we knew with fair accuracy when it would be; and we knew that before long the sun would set.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
Vocabulary lists containing accustomed
The Watsons Go to Birmingham
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The Wishing Spell
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