Sentence examples for which was accustomed from inspiring English sources

And Charon looked at his shallow punt, which was accustomed only to the feather-light spirits of the dead.

To the modern-dance community, which was accustomed to viewing every tendril of a dance company — the foundation, the dancers, the choreography — as radiating from the artist at the nucleus, the decision was shocking.

To people inside the Fed, which is accustomed to moving at a stately pace, the change felt wrenching.

Both are anathema to the fund industry, which is accustomed to its low-volatility and low-overhead business model.

The tropical fish, which were accustomed to scraping algae and other types of food off the coral, were ravenously consuming the thick vegetation of the kelp forest.

Pharmaceutical companies, which are accustomed to many failures and a few big successes in their drug-discovery programmes, are fairly rational about their risk-taking.

The program was 18 months in the making, a short time for public broadcasting but long for TED, which is accustomed to the more immediate online world.

Our way of being is – for historical reasons – much more tangled than that of men, which is accustomed to using simplification as a quick way to solve problems.

But then the sport involved is horse racing, which is accustomed to dreadful moments when much-loved family members have to be executed.

Warehouses of some of the biggest licensees, like Majestic and New Era, which are accustomed to supplying stores with World Series merchandise, are ready to deliver their Jeter material to retailers.

Yet he also thinks that firms in emerging markets like Brazil, which are accustomed to instability, might have some advantages when scanning the horizon for danger signs, compared with agencies that operate in the relative calm of Europe or America.