Sentence examples for accustomed surroundings from inspiring English sources

It may be that Canaletto, new in London, found the city too unfamiliar to differentiate from his accustomed surroundings.

The apartment can be linked to a nursing station and morning telephone calls can be arranged, making it possible for the elderly to remain in their accustomed surroundings.

There is no easy solution, as it is hard for an elder to give up one's accustomed surroundings and start over in a new location.

James M. Woolly, superintendent of the school, wanted him to get there a couple of weeks before classes began so that he could become accustomed to his surroundings.

And once the rats were resettled, they grew accustomed to their surroundings, feasting on the garbage created by the hurricane as well as by the normal churn of the winter holidays.

However, consumers were so accustomed to their surroundings that the offer of a "clean and healthy home" didn't resonate, and local norms were a deterrent to inviting strangers inside.

And for all the talk of financial aid, much of the fund-raising across the country is still for buildings and sports programs that help attract students accustomed to comfortable surroundings.

After an exhausting Saturday capped by a night of inaugural ball-hopping, Mr. Bush woke early, had coffee with his parents and spent most of the day getting accustomed to his surroundings.

The researcher left the room and repeated the following instructions: "Please take about 1 min to become accustomed to your surroundings.

Centered just below the display is an AT&T logo, which happens to look an awful lot like a capacitive button — after years of using iPhones, my thumb instinctively reached for it a few times before I managed to get it accustomed to its surroundings.

Because of that constant shuffling, I grew accustomed to my surroundings being altered every few months or so!