Sentence examples for habit of assuming from inspiring English sources
"New Yorkers have a delightfully narcissistic habit of assuming," she said, "that if they're not conscious of a scene, it doesn't exist".
We journalists have a bad habit of assuming that the rest of the world is as fascinated by media news as we are.
THE same may be said about a perfunctory kiss, he said, as did other experts, who suggested that Americans might try breaking their habit of assuming that the rest of the world does whatever Americans do.
After short films, his first feature – which, beginning his habit of assuming auteurist authority over projects, he wrote, directed and scored – was a teenage comedy, Tenemos 18 Años (1959).
By 'nationalism' I mean first of all the habit of assuming that human beings can be classified like insects and that whole blocks of millions or tens of millions of people can be confidently labelled 'good' or 'bad'bad
By general consent Kids Company got into the habit of assuming that government would bail it out, that Batmanghelidjh – or possibly the chair of trustees, BBC suit Alan Yentob – would pull some strings at No 10 or the Treasury (perhaps over that unpaid employment tax bill?) to keep the show on the road.
At Tapulous, we're still getting used to that idea, and trying to shake our habits of assuming that all our users are above the legal drinking age, on an iPhone, and always online.
It may be crass force of habit to assume a band's main mission should be to increase their size and status but, even if Sonic Youth wanted to go for gold, it's difficult to see how they'd facilitate it.
The method does not require any assumption of hydrate growth habit, and assumes that hydrate tends to grow in the largest pores first.
I learned that the "rats of New York are quicker-witted than those on farms, and they can outthink any man who has not made a study of their habits". I assumed Mitchell means urban rats as opposed to rural rats, and this was no slight to the rats of Baltimore.
Over time, this habit assumes the weight of a full-blown character study ("Ash fell unchecked from the end of her fag, splashing white on the knee of her gray-black leggings"), illustrating, variously, her solipsism, immaturity and wearied abdication of parental responsibility.
