How to Use accustomed in a Sentence

accustomed

adjective

• She arrived early enough to get her accustomed seat in the front row.
• Josh felt uncomfortably full, as he was not accustomed to eating so much.
• Certainly, the fans will have to get accustomed to the change, too.
  — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2023
• And give yourself some more time to get accustomed to this way of working.
  — Roxane Gay, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2022
• Day said that this has helped the young flyers on the spectrum get more accustomed to the protocols at their own pace.
  — Sarah Caliguire, ABC News, 13 Dec. 2023
• In the last clip, Baptista, 25, appeared accustomed to Evans' jokes.
  — Daniel S. Levine, Peoplemag, 29 June 2023
• In their post, the fire department made light of the fact that their team is more accustomed to rescuing cats stuck in trees.
  — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 7 Dec. 2023
• There’s a sense Yancey has grown accustomed to these kinds of scenarios.
  — Kyle Eustice, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2023
• Really gotten accustomed to the desert-like DPs of the past couple weeks.
  — Molly Robey, Washington Post, 11 June 2023
• In a statement at the time, Colorado Parks and Wildlife had said that bears have grown accustomed to breaking into cars to steal food.
  — Maham Javaid, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2023
• The second measurement to get accustomed to is the megaton.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 25 July 2023
• Karie Davies, who added that geese are common in the area and have become accustomed to being around people.
  — Mona Darwish, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
• Seeing a little body lying still on the ground gives her a pang, but she’s become accustomed to it.
  — Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 18 Aug. 2023
• Auburn spent the last six weeks getting accustomed to this new era on the Plains, as Hugh Freeze and his staff guided the Tigers through their first spring together.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 12 Apr. 2023
• Higher rates are a big shift from what most investors and bankers have become accustomed to.
  — Will Daniel, Fortune, 15 May 2023
• The Aztecs had become accustomed to seven home games in recent years.
  — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Feb. 2024
• While picturesque, the snow slowed travel in areas more accustomed to rain.
  — Morgan Coates and Jason Samenow | Dec 12, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2022
• Keep in mind that using a toilet seat gets kids more accustomed to a toilet bowl than a potty chair does.
  — Jessica Booth, Parents, 23 June 2023
• And shocking for the baseball world, which has grown accustomed to the superhuman abilities of the two-way star.
  — Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
• The heat has been punishing across the state, even for those accustomed to high temperatures.
  — J. David Goodman, New York Times, 23 June 2023
• Creatures accustomed to evading the tread of a human foot were taken by speed and surprise and ground into paste.
  — Timothy Farrington, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2023
• The seasoned restaurateur is by now accustomed to these kinds of questions.
  — Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2024
• At age 72, Wonder has grown accustomed to losing fellow artists, friends and peers.
  — Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 13 Jan. 2023
• And people are less accustomed to using radio as their news source.
  — Vince Guerrieri, Popular Mechanics, 1 June 2023
• The liberal Democrat cannot play his accustomed Santa Claus role in May.
  — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2023
• Larry Jeffries has lived on Pecan Street for 45 years and during that time has grown accustomed to the blare of the warning siren that sits just beyond his backyard.
  — Kasha Patel, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2023
• Board of guardians are going out of their accustomed paths to discuss motions branding the gambling propensities of the Prince of Wales as a disgrace to the country.
  — Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2023
• We’re all accustomed to Julia Fox’s outré wardrobe by now.
  — Alex Kessler, Glamour, 20 Oct. 2023
• The same could be said about growing accustomed to a wider public perception under the spotlight.
  — Jenna Wang, Peoplemag, 30 Jan. 2024
• Getting accustomed to the airflow and flames, which bounce off the side and top of the oven, takes practice, as does learning how to slide pizzas in and out without losing your toppings.
  — June Kim, Bon Appétit, 15 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 6 May 2024