Sentence examples for a custom that from inspiring English sources

Put politics in the sky, and you have inaugurated a custom that knows no bounds.

Female circumcision became a nationalist issue, and a custom that might have gradually disappeared grew further entrenched.

Having a family mausoleum or graveyard is a custom that has endured in many parts of the world.

A local minhag (minhag ha-makom) is a custom that is binding upon a specific Jewish community.

By Russ King and Russell Maloney The New Yorker, June 27 , 1936P. 9 The Singer Manufacturing Company still keeps up a custom that started back in 1908.

Chipping in to help friends defray both wedding and funeral expenses is a custom that added up to $6.9 billion last year, according to the National Statistical Office.

It is a custom that has now gone underground, as the mores of modern life have spilled over even into the distant islands of the desert.

The blue-slip rule does not have the force of law; it's simply a custom that has been honored over time.

The New Yorker, June 27 , 1936P. 9 The Singer Manufacturing Company still keeps up a custom that started back in 1908.

Many Mormon men and some women spend two years abroad working as missionaries — a custom that has given many a lingering taste for kimchi or Camembert.

A table setup might include a constantly varying assortment of toys and puzzles-a custom that started when the Shopsins' children were young and continues for the more or less grownup customers.