Sentence examples for in a habitual from inspiring English sources

It's this frequent lack of courtesy and competence that keeps commuters in a habitual grievance mentality.

Michele heaves a deep sigh and runs her hand over her hair in a habitual gesture.

Still, that is just a fraction shy of the amount necessary to produce physical dependency in a habitual drinker, child or adult, some scientists say.

"What right has it to be so beautiful when we ungainly bipeds must putter on?" Mr. Cunningham writes in a habitual scrawl of red ink on lined paper.

Pope John Paul II called for the changes in an apostolic letter, which also said, "It is clear that penitents living in a habitual state of serious sin and who do not intend to change their situation cannot validly receive absolution".

But he approves of the team's approach of monitoring the traders at work because it captures the person making decisions in a habitual, true-to-life environment, rather than a contrived laboratory task.

But apparently I am not alone in harboring a habitual dread of the enforced merriment that the night brings.

Behaviour frequency × context stability cue items, which are designed to capture the contexts in which a habitual action commences, evoked most misinterpretations for commuting.

Because he had convictions for two prior offenses involving the possession of small amounts of hydrocodone and LSD, he was sentenced in 2013 to 17 years in prison as a "habitual offender". He is currently appealing the sentence to Louisiana's Supreme Court.

Margulies, who wrote a screenplay for his Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Dinner with Friends," takes pleasure in showing how the envy of the talentless is expressed in Hollywood — through a habitual attempt to sabotage meaning.

Because members of the average household in Hong Kong shop in wet markets on a habitual basis, these markets are located in the most densely populated areas and are commonly multistory complexes or in basement levels of shopping centers.