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Discover LudwigThe phrase "almost got used" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where someone is close to becoming accustomed to something but has not fully achieved that state yet.
Example: "After a few weeks of practice, I almost got used to waking up early for my new job."
Alternatives: "nearly adapted" or "close to becoming accustomed".
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I almost got used to the process".
"Weirdly, when it was hanging there, I almost got used to it," he said.
I almost got used to the process.Sales statistics clearly counted with Jackson.
But it was such a regular occurrence, you almost got used to it.
Mr Patch, in his three-month stint, almost got used to it, so that he could discern the subtler perfumes of pipe-smoke and Woodbines (the pipes smoked upside-down, so as not to show a light).
We had almost got used to regular threats against blasphemous art - from James Kirkup's poem about Christ in the 1970s to The Satanic Verses in the 1980s and in recent years Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti's play Behzti and Jerry Springer the Opera - by Christian, Muslim and Sikh fundamentalists.
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"One almost gets used to it," he said, smiling.
"You almost get used to having all these symptoms," she said.
"It's our 10th one-goal game, and unfortunately I'm almost getting used to it," Syracuse Coach John Desko said.
Although it took almost no time getting used to standing, I realize my posture stinks.
Most of us can eventually get used to almost anything -- natural catastrophes, war, even scores of huge aggressive sharks inhabiting a tranquil place such as the Big Game Club Marina on the Bahamian island of Bimini, my favorite boating retreat that I often daydream about when I'm back at my desk in New York.
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