Sentence examples for custom of asking from inspiring English sources

His father, who never lived with his mother and made no effort to contact him, felt equally insulted, Mr. Vargas said, when he did not follow the traditional Puerto Rican custom of asking his father for a blessing.

It's enough of a compromise to have to participate in the antiquated, sexist custom of asking the father's permission, but accepting this flattening-out of his identity is something Huang feels he's unwilling to do.

With a nod to the Times Book Review's custom of asking writers to recommend a book to the President, I'd like to suggest that the President-elect pick up a copy of "Evicted," by the sociologist Matthew Desmond, which the magazine excerpted this spring.

It was for that reason that, at his burial, I waited for the gathered mourners to leave and then stood alone over his grave and engaged in the ancient Jewish custom of asking the deceased for pardon and forgiveness for any transgression I may have been guilty of in our friendship.

Ontario based Groovle has a such a simple business model, it's worthy of asking "why didn't I think of that?" Groove uses Google Custom search in conjunction with picture hosting to offer custom Google search pages.

In Japanese custom, asking about frequency of symptoms before asking about the presence of symptoms, that is, assuming their presence, is unnatural and impolite.

A growing number of couples of all faiths, borrowing from a tradition rooted in Jewish, Persian and Quaker customs, are asking artists to record their marriage vows.

I explained that, since a section of the customs form asked for "Description of Objects," we could fill out that portion, and I would show it at the border when I left, to prove that I wasn't smuggling antiques.

" Select "Custom" when asked about the type of installation you prefer.

By Massachusetts custom, the judge asks most of the questions, then the lawyers ask a few.

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