Words similar to habit

Example sentences for: habit

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

Leander, on the plea that the famous hero was in the habit of swimming about to keep himself clean.
Some time ago, Texans picked up a speech habit that is being acquired by the rest of the country.
Joan Didion the novelist has a habit of distrusting them.
Or, to use another simile, they are like shrubs transplanted to an alien climate: sometimes the shrub loses its spreading habit or becomes dwarfed; sometimes it expands luxuriantly, taking up more space than when on native ground; occasionally, it keeps its original shape and size.
My personal opinion would be that people give so many technical presentations in formal and informal settings, where every other sentence or clause starts with "so"--"so then the frob bit is set, so this path is followed, so no data hits the wire"--that they just "get in the habit" of prefacing everything with "so."