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.
• Trump went on in his usual way.
  — John Seiler, Oc Register, 9 June 2026
• This was more than a usual test.
  — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2025
• As per usual, that was not true.
  — Gma Team, ABC News, 6 Apr. 2026
• There is more room to dance than usual.
  — Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
• That’s two more plays than usual.
  — Charlotte Observer, 21 Apr. 2026
• Dorit, as usual, is the last one there.
  — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2026
• Swap them for your usual jeans to dress up your look.
  — Aemilia Madden, Vogue, 18 June 2026
• So work went on as usual, Jones said.
  — Matti Gellman, Kansas City Star, 13 Oct. 2025
• Get it now for $60 off its usual price.
  — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 23 June 2026
• That’s a lot of new laws and, as usual, most of them aren’t good ones.
  — The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 14 Oct. 2025
• These last few years have been harder than usual.
  — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
• Bonus points if there’s a role for a usual suspect.
  — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 4 Nov. 2025
• The answer, as usual, is not to choose.
  — George Gurley, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
• All were shared with B-sides, as was usual at the time.
  — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
• The hype, as usual these days, got out of control.
  — Bruce Feldman, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
• After that, the process is as usual.
  — PC Magazine, 13 Oct. 2025
• After that, the process is as usual.
  — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 8 Oct. 2025
• Apple has been tight-lipped about its plans for the event, as usual.
  — Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
• Then just toss them in the wash as usual to clean and reuse them again.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 18 May 2026
• Place them upright in a tray, fill them with soil, and plant seeds as usual.
  — Farima Ferguson, The Spruce, 9 Apr. 2026
• But at the time her car was found, that silence had stretched longer than usual.
  — Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 12 Apr. 2026
• The numbers, as usual, don’t lie.
  — Randall Lane, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
• Per usual, Hank is holding court on the couch.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2025
• Many of you might be more involved than usual with a parent.
  — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026
• Many of you are talking to younger people more than usual.
  — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 4 May 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
• Recently, my usual got met with a wholly unacceptable response.
  — Matt Young, Chron, 1 Feb. 2021
• 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