Example sentences for: customs

How can you use “customs” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The directorate has not yet developed the capacity to perform one of its assigned jobs, which is to assimilate and analyze information from Homeland Security's own component agencies, such as the Coast Guard, Secret Service, Transportation Security Administration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Customs and Border Protection.

  • Last week, Reform Judaism's Central Conference of American Rabbis adopted the Pittsburgh Principles, reviving many of these customs in what supporters call a reclaiming of Jewish tradition, and critics call Conservative Judaism Lite, and even harsher critics call a retreat from rationalism.

  • The Post covers the corruption angle too, but also has some discouraging information on the personal searches Customs conducts: Whereas ten to fifteen years ago, the hit rates on these searches bordered on 100 percent, of the 2,076 passengers who had to take off part of their clothing for a Customs inspection in fiscal 98, only 21 percent were found to be carrying illegal drugs.

  • Of these customs, hospitality and generosity among the Arabs have pride of place.

  • In a low-rise building near the cave entrance is a small ethnographic museum, a place to see displays of local island customs and costumes as you wait a couple of minutes for the guided cave tour to begin.


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