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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.
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