How to Use usual in a Sentence

usual

1 of 2 adjective

• She charges less than the usual fee.
• He took his usual route to work.
• It's not usual for him to get home so late.
• It's usual to charge a fee for delivery.
• She is not my usual doctor.
• To use, just take a bit, bite down, and brush as usual.
  — Jaylyn Pruitt, Verywell Health, 21 Apr. 2023
• Add a little extra warmth and spice to your usual brown strands.
  — Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2023
• Last year, the girls showed off their cheerleading skills and their dad was there to cheer them on as usual.
  — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 11 July 2023
• As usual, Eldridge and Kubler dashed ahead and stayed mostly out of sight.
  — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 6 Aug. 2023
• Young’s usual spot for a fill-up and lottery tickets was closed that day.
  — Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2023
• The plot begins with all the old men waking up very early, as usual.
  — Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
• Cook as usual, whether on the stove or at the grill, but without the standard anxiety.
  — Jonathan Miles, Field & Stream, 10 Apr. 2023
• But, this year, what happens in the rest of the world seems to matter a bit more than usual to Americans.
  — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2024
• This year was no exception, with even more points of intrigue in the mix than usual.
  — Nick Scott, Robb Report, 27 Mar. 2023
• As usual, new cars will be parked at the Texas Auto Show to test out and leave fingerprints on.
  — Tommy Cummings, Dallas News, 30 Aug. 2023
• And yet, all around the hotel, New York life continued on as usual.
  — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2023
• Yet your usual good humor wins through and puts others at their ease.
  — Debbie Frank, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024
• The vote was close, but as usual Kokomo went for the Republican.
  — David Streitfeld, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2023
• Is your skin and home drier than usual when colder months roll around?
  — Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 18 Oct. 2023
• As usual, the agreement was verbal, sealed with a nod and a handshake, not contracts or lawyers.
  — Indrani Sen, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2024
• When combined with bad air days from smoke, this year is piling them up more than usual.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 12 July 2023
• That's one reason there are fewer homes for sale than usual.
  — Marley Jay, NBC News, 21 Oct. 2023
• There's a price and form factor for just about every need, with Apple leading the pack as usual.
  — K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 11 July 2023
• Streaming, as usual, snagged the largest portion of viewers’ time with 36.1 percent of all TV use.
  — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2023
• As usual, Victoria and America Cazares were the stars in that one.
  — The Arizona Republic, 1 Mar. 2023
• Two of our testers found that these jeans were too small for them despite ordering their usual size.
  — Erika Reals, Peoplemag, 6 Oct. 2023
• The changes are part of the city’s annual land development code update, a months-long process that has taken longer than usual this time around.
  — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
• The last few months have been drier than usual, but March could see a change.
  — Julia James, Dallas Morning News, 2 Mar. 2026
• Viewers took in a slightly more entertaining than usual awards show.
  — Shane O’Neill, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2026
• Sean’s got his usual rundown of Best Stocks macro data as well as the story on these three.
  — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 2 Mar. 2026

usual

2 of 2 noun

• The brand suggests ordering a size up from your usual to ensure a perfect fit.
  — Nicol Natale, Health.com, 27 Oct. 2021
• Against this backdrop, science-as-usual can remain a source of tension and mistrust.
  — Matthew Halliday/undark, Popular Science, 29 May 2020
• With business-as-usual off the table, many restaurants have added business lines, products and merchandise and services.
  — Ian McNulty, NOLA.com, 7 Dec. 2020
• On most days, the half-dozen or so usuals, guns often holstered to their belts, settle into swivel chairs around tables near a bulletproof glass partition separating them from those taking target practice.
  — Chris Fuchs, NBC News, 11 May 2017
• Recently, my usual got met with a wholly unacceptable response.
  — Matt Young, Chron, 1 Feb. 2021