Sentence examples for was in the custom of from inspiring English sources

"It is not the kind of thing I was in the custom of doing," he said.

Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen is headed to the U.S.-Mexico border later this week in response to the Christmas Eve death of an 8-year-old Guatemalan boy who was in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

In multiple statements, the agency argued it had done everything it could to prevent Jakelin's death in the relatively brief time she was in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. .

And now here they were, in the customs area of Rio's Galeão International Airport, a heating unit full of flechas and biscoitos and jujuba, exposed by an X-ray machine.

Some figured he had drunk too much cheap wine that was sweetened — in the custom of the 19th century — with lead to hide the bitterness.

Elsewhere, young boys are entrapped in the custom of bacha bazi -- literally "boy for play" -- made to dance at private parties for men who've taken the young performers from often abusive homes.

One of Mr. Clemow's favorite targets in the 1970's was the custom of Connecticut officials of meeting secretly to make decisions on public matters.

As an unpaid deputy marshal for Virgil, Wyatt habitually carried a pistol in his waistband, as was the custom of that time.

I said that we were researchers, interested in the custom of minghun afterlife marriages.

This is in contrast to the custom of lighting the Olympic flame, which is traditionally said to be by the sparks of the sun.

In some cultures, there is the custom of spitting on babies or pregnant women, as saliva is considered a protective substance.