Accustom

//əˈkʌs.təm//

"Accustom" in a Sentence (18 examples)

It took a long time to accustom myself to the noise.

Children are quick to accustom themselves to new surroundings.

You must quickly accustom yourself to your new school.

You will soon accustom yourself to the new life.

The teacher tried to accustom the children to school.

You have to accustom yourself to the crowded trains in Tokyo.

She couldn't accustom herself to New England winters.

She found it necessary to accustom her child to getting up early.

I should never have thought, dear boy of mine, that you were so dainty and fussy about your food. Bad, very bad! In this world, even as children, we must accustom ourselves to eat of everything, for we never know what life may hold in store for us!

Whatever you would make habitual, practice it; and if you would not make a thing habitual, do not practice it, but accustom yourself to something else.

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Early exposure to pet allergens and pet-related bacteria accustoms the body to allergens.

I shall always fear that he who accustoms himself to fraud in little things, wants only opportunity to practice it in greater.

“[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”

Although it might be thought that drivers would naturally refer constantly to the speedometer, older drivers who come to diesel driving after years of steam experience without the help of speedometers, as well as those on steam engines which have been equipped with speedometers in recent years, have not accustomed themselves to the constant use of this instrument.

He took it [a television] back to his unfurnished room and began watching as much as he could, including Ms. Winfrey’s show, to accustom his ear to hearing English.

[…] creating 3D graphics “is a fundamental building block” to popularizing AR because it helps accustom the general public to interacting with 3D content.

all of them accustoming , once in the year , to take their kind of the fresh water

Much better do we Britans fulfill the work of Nature than you Romans; we with the beſt men accuſtom op'nly; you with the baſest commit private adulteries.

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