Sentence examples for accustomed themselves from inspiring English sources

Ever since Houston's economy shifted, in the nineteen-thirties, from timber and cotton to petrochemicals, people here have accustomed themselves to financial turbulence and its behavioral….

Coburn came to Washington as a congressman in 1994, and distinguished himself by remaining incorruptibly right-wing while many Republican revolutionaries accustomed themselves to the perks of governing.

Ever since Houston's economy shifted, in the nineteen-thirties, from timber and cotton to petrochemicals, people here have accustomed themselves to financial turbulence and its behavioral imperative: standing tough in the face of adversity.

By Mimi Swartz Ever since Houston's economy shifted, in the nineteen-thirties, from timber and cotton to petrochemicals, people here have accustomed themselves to financial turbulence and its behavioral imperative: standing tough in the face of adversity.

Still, it was the first day of climbing in this 91st Tour and, as they accustomed themselves to different rhythms, the 169 riders in the pack took it relatively easy, chasing after Virenque and his companion Axel Merckx, a Belgian with Lotto, who faltered in midstage, with all the intensity of a group spin in the park.

In a surprisingly short period, Icelanders have accustomed themselves to the comfort and convenience of the hot water.

They found it hard to accustom themselves to the constant eye-watering reek of horse hair and human sweat.

In the city schools, they taught short segments to accustom themselves to standing in front of a class.

Afterward, it occurred to me that this was how people in towns like Glouster were accustoming themselves to the thought of a black President.

Dressed in a flowing white robe and a banded white headdress, he said ordinary Palestinians like himself could never accustom themselves to getting back parts of East Jerusalem piecemeal.

As Bellamy's historian puts it, "The readiness with which men accustom themselves, as matters of course, to improvements in their condition, which, when anticipated, seemed to leave nothing to be desired, could not be more strikingly illustrated".