the sort of lounge lizard known to habituate bars and nightclubs
Recent Examples on the WebSmartphones have thus habituated people to an expectation of stimulation—and potential reward—at every moment.—Christine Emba, The Atlantic, 8 July 2024 The United States is habituated to sanctions as a way to deal with challenges that don’t rise to the level of armed response but are too transgressive to ignore.—Adham Sahloul, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2020 In a country without freedom or good health care, for example, people can habituate to what’s not good rather than struggling against it.—Jessica Dulong, CNN, 23 Feb. 2024 Still, with a couple of hours to kill, they were determined, or maybe just habituated, to make and post one of their signature short videos.—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for habituate
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