Examples of habituate in a Sentence
the sort of lounge lizard known to habituate bars and nightclubs
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But last year, one of the state’s 10 resurgent wolf packs became unusually habituated to hunting and eating livestock instead of wild prey.
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Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Even Americans who have grown habituated to Trump’s excesses have been shaken by these killings and the reflexively cruel and dishonest response from the administration.
—Hillary Rodham Clinton, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
Many outfitters include outings with Onçafari, a Brazilian wildlife conservation organization initially created to help habituate jaguars to game vehicles.
—Laura Kiniry, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Jan. 2026
But just like black bears, coyotes can be habituated and lose their natural fear of people through intentional or unintentional feeding.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 20 Jan. 2026
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Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Even Americans who have grown habituated to Trump’s excesses have been shaken by these killings and the reflexively cruel and dishonest response from the administration.
—Hillary Rodham Clinton, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
Many outfitters include outings with Onçafari, a Brazilian wildlife conservation organization initially created to help habituate jaguars to game vehicles.
—Laura Kiniry, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Jan. 2026
But just like black bears, coyotes can be habituated and lose their natural fear of people through intentional or unintentional feeding.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 20 Jan. 2026
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“Habituate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/habituate. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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habituate
verb
ha·bit·u·ate
hə-ˈbich-ə-ˌwāt 
ha-
habituated; habituating
: to make used to something
habituation
noun
-ˌbich-ə-ˈwā-shən
Medical Definition
habituate
verb
ha·bit·u·ate
hə-ˈbich-ə-ˌwāt, ha-
habituated; habituating
: to cause habituation in
1
: to cause habituation
marijuana may be habituating
2
: to undergo habituation
habituate to a stimulus
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