Sentence examples for custom of carrying from inspiring English sources

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And when she claims as sociological fact that the old custom of carrying a bride over the threshold "has been succeeded by a new 'custom': nowadays couples 'initiate' each room of the house or apartment, or each substantial new piece of furniture, by making love in them or on them (or, in the case of dining room tables, under them)" -- she ought to include, at the very least, a footnote.

The words in the song: "Talkin' to Huddie Ledbetter/Showin' pictures on the wall" appear to be based on Morrison's real life custom of carrying around a poster of Lead Belly and hanging it on the wall wherever he lived.

The Suda defines danakē as a coin traditionally buried with the dead for paying the ferryman to cross the river Acheron, and explicates the definition of porthmēïon as a ferryman's fee with a quotation from the poet Callimachus, who notes the custom of carrying the porthmēïon in the "parched mouths of the dead".

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In Africa, country issues included large distances to health facilities (1 country), lack of data on acceptability of KMC in the community (1 country), existing customs of carrying babies on the back (1 country), and misconceptions including the belief that the most effective care is in an incubator (1 country).

He labelled the constellation Equuleus Pictorius on his 1763 chart, the word "Equuleus" meaning ass, small horse, or easel perhaps from an old custom among artists of carrying a canvas on a donkey.

Davis, 22, and Gardner, 25, were detained at Guangzhou airport by customs authorities, accused of carrying 36 kilograms of methamphetamine, or ice, in their luggage.

And that was before they moved to a boat off the coast of Costa Rica, where they were joined by a team of marine biologists and given access to all sorts of aquatic toys, including a custom-built one-atmosphere submarine, capable of carrying a pilot and two passengers to a depth of 1,500 feet and giving them 360-degree views.

His verse calls for attention, patience, and an understanding that disruptions of custom are carried out as a means of accuracy-to-incident rather than as a form of game.

Besides rare Japanese beef there is plenty of aged USDA Prime, and the restaurant is carving a signature out of dramatic and flashy tableside presentations such as a Mesquite Fired Crustacean Tower that arrives on fire, a Liquid Nitro Dessert Trolley serving a Fire and Ice Banana Split, and a custom caviar tower carrying a round of vodka shots.

Another custom officer carries one of the 1,120 seized ivory tusks.

You now have a custom carrying case for your laptop.

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