Example sentences for: habit

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

  • Had he written you about an abnormal drinking habit, you might have sent him to Alcoholics Anonymous.

  • A close relative, my father's oldest sister, has a terrible habit of having "the worst case the doctor ever saw," or "the worst (whatever) the mechanic ever dealt with."

  • You might even consider the persistent American habit of giving only initials as names and call your architect-to-be RSJ or your just-announced announcer BBC .

  • The wallaby and the wallaroo were, like the kangaroo, large marsupials which the Aborigines hunted; the koala was also a marsupial but arboreal in habit and sufficiently unique in appearance to have had the settlers liken it to a bear, a sloth, or a monkey in their naming of it; the wombat was a heavy, thickset marsupial sometimes known as a badger because of its burrowing habit.

  • If, however, your associate thinks she is engaging in petty larceny and gets her jollies from purloined rolls, indulge her, knowing that it is a harmless habit.


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