Said student having an antipathy to the proctor who roomed beneath, was accustomed to squeeze piggy’s ears and make him squeal whenever said proctor was engaged in the study of the classics.
Pillars of the state, such as the Office of Government Ethics, were accustomed to compliance from the White House and ill-equipped to counter open defiance.
He had exquisite manners, and bowed to the company on all sides; for he had noble blood, and was, moreover, accustomed to the society of man alone; and that makes a great difference.
He needed a nonperishable tasty and easy recipe but it was a challenge to maintain the robust flavors and unique texture that most people were accustomed to.
That strategy worked well for Brazil because it's one of the major global producers of the yellow fever vaccine, and its population was accustomed to regular, routine vaccinations.
" I suppose you're like Mr. Van Weyden there, accustomed to having things done for you. Well, I think doing a few things for yourself will hardly dislocate any joints. By the way, what do you do for a living" ?
But he made a slow gesture with his shoulders. Bovary watched him; they looked at one another; and this man, accustomed as he was to the sight of pain, could not keep back a tear that fell on his shirt-frill.
Some African Americans...do consider this our homeland and we are happy to be here but that food, you are still looking for what you are accustomed too.
Clock time is one prop that even in our usual sessions Ruburt is accustomed to rely upon, though not of course to the extent that he relies upon it in the periods of more ordinary consciousness.
We're developing treatments like getting the immune system accustomed to allergy causing foods in small doses, there's even a sticker that acts almost like a nicotine patch for peanut allergy.
He was just plain Cracker, a small farmer, half-educated, prone to grammatical errors and ignorant of some of the finer manners the O'Haras were accustomed to in gentlemen.