Sentences with usual
u·su·al
U u - It is a neighborhood beset by all the usual inner-city problems.
- The stout barman in a bow tie presented himself to take their order. 'Good morning, sir. The usual?'
- SYNONYMY NOTE: usual applies to that which past experience has shown to be the normal, common, hence expected thing [the usual results, price, answer, etc.]; customary refers to that which accords with the usual practices of some individual or with the prevailing customs of some group [his customary mid-morning coffee, it was customary to dress for dinner]; habitual implies a fixed practice as the result of habit [her habitual tardiness]; wonted is a somewhat literary equivalent for , customary or , habitual [according to their wonted manner]; accustomed is equivalent to , customary but suggests less strongly a settled custom [he sat in his accustomed place]
- That's the usual sort of application to send
- The preference of a boy to a girl is a usual occurrence in some parts of China. It is becoming more usual these days to rear children as bilingual.
- Her usual skill.
- The usual January weather.
- He says the usual things.
- He could expect only the usual.
- As usual, he forgot my birthday.