Sentence examples for a venerable custom from inspiring English sources

Their profound commitment to religious tolerance is symbolized by a venerable custom, known as pakarcha, of sharing the celebratory dishes of one's own faith with friends of different religions.

In fact, I'm part of a venerable tradition.

Intercollegiate boxing has a venerable tradition in Great Britain.

Playing with time in music is a venerable tradition.

Students from Genoa University held aloft a washline fluttering with men's and women's underwear to protest an appeal to the Genoese by the recently elected Italian prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, to refrain from hanging wash across the city's narrow lanes, a venerable local custom, to avoid esthetic offense.

"The funny thing about the dressing-down movement is that it has driven [up] our suits sales," says Simon Cundey, 32, director of Henry Poole & Co., the venerable custom tailor on London's Savile Row, where suits go for as much as $3,500.

By now, that's part of a venerable American tradition.

Apparently, this is something of a venerable journalistic tradition.

The Hawthorne studies indicate that the relationship between workplace attitudes and productivity has been a venerable research tradition [ 15].

[C5.] Readers Speak, About 'Bespoke' An article last week noted that the word "bespoke," a venerable English word meaning "custom made," had found its way into information technology circles.

Last week on this page we noted that the word "bespoke," a venerable English word meaning "custom made," had found its way into information technology circles.