Sentence examples for used to less from inspiring English sources

Being used to less generous funding, he knows how to improvise.

A longish transition period would allow mortgage borrowers to get used to less generous home financing.

The rhetoric remains that of "consumer choice" when many, even in the industry, now believe that consumers will have to get used to less choice.

She argues that the workforce today includes a generation who are used to less hierarchical communication and very good at chat.

The lighthearted bit between Lin and Fields — a nod to their backgrounds — may be a surprise to some N.B.A. fans who have become used to less scholarly displays.

Though the plot moves along quickly enough to satisfy those used to less ambitious projects, the writers have been given the freedom to let themes and story-strands develop at their own pace.

As Craig Leweck, editor and publisher of Scuttlebutt Sailing News, a longtime must-read Web site among the sailing community, told me back in May, sailors are used to less-than-perfect conditions.

Illinoisans are used to less-than-great economic news about the state, especially when it comes to jobs and business.

I used to be less afraid.

It's true that chicken used to be less buxom.

We were used to feeling "less than".