Sentences with habit
hab·it
H h - He has an endearing habit of licking his lips when he's nervous. [+ of]
- A good way to break the habit of eating too quickly is to put your knife and fork down after each mouthful. [+ of]
- Former Neighbours star Shane Connor had an amphetamine drug habit while performing, a court hears.
- Once that habit is entrenched, it can cause enormous damage.
- She became a prostitute in order to pay for her cocaine habit.
- A good working habit of mind
- It is difficult to shake off this habit effectively and permanently before it ruins more than one life, since it wreaks havoc in entire families.
- An alcohol treatment center adopts a constructive approach towards helping the person get rid of this habit, and kicking off the bottle forever.
- Drink has become a habit with him
- A climbing habit
- Habit refers to an act repeated so often by an individual that it has become automatic with him [his habit of tugging at his ear in perplexity]; practice also implies the regular repetition of an act but does not suggest that it is automatic [the practice of reading in bed]; custom applies to any act or procedure carried on by tradition and often enforced by social disapproval of any violation [the custom of dressing for dinner]; usage refers to custom or practice that has become sanctioned through being long established [usage is the only authority in language]; wont is a literary or somewhat archaic equivalent for , practice [it was his wont to rise early]
- A monk's habit
- A riding habit
- A twining habit
- The habit of looking both ways before crossing the street.
- Daily bathing is an American habit.
- The habit of shaking hands.
- She has a habit of looking at the bright side of things.
- A habit of mind.
- A twining habit.
- A monk's habit.
- By force of habit, he dressed for work even though it was holiday.
- It’s interesting how Catholic and Buddhist monks both wear habits.
- The new riding habits of the team looked smashing!
- He has a 10-cigar habit.