Sentence examples similar to observing this custom from inspiring English sources

Paula and I looked at each other; we had never before observed this quaint custom.

Instead, observing the custom of the era, he stayed home, kept working and let his record speak for itself.

Under his aegis, the anthropology group has grown to include about a half-dozen people who stalk the halls of government and business as if they were deep in the African bush observing the customs of a strange tribe.

The People's Daily points out that Chinese tourists are "observing the customs of the host countries" and their civilised behaviour has "won praises from foreigners".

When Spanish conquistadors celebrated Carnaval in the 16th century, the Tlaxcala observed the custom from afar.

Nor did she observe the custom that dictated candidates stay away from the convention hall during the night of nominations.

But many families, I was told by my teachers, still observe the custom of visiting seven churches on the evening before Good Friday, a task that requires devotion but not much walking in the churchy center of the city.

The custom was already well-established in Egypt prior to Greek arrival and the Philadelphoi may have observed the custom as a means of subsuming Egyptian culture into their own.

As the horses loaded into the gate for the Belmont Stakes, we observed the custom of climbing onto our clubhouse seats, one foot perched on the seatback in front of us.

He said the impetus for putting up the sukkah came from Jews in TriBeCa who wanted a convenient way to observe the custom of sitting and eating in a sukkah.

The five worshippers alleged they were segregated from the main prayer hall as they could not observe the custom of sitting cross-legged on the floor.