Example sentences for: practised

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

  • There has been little work in urban Africa that investigates the relationship between wealth and mosquito-avoidance behaviours as practised within households.

  • (The OED was originally published over a number of years in fascicles of various lengths which were sold by subscription, a method that is, alas, no longer practised.)

  • It is hard to see what has got into the people at Cassell's, for here is another book--this time a superior one--on which they have practised their onomancy: the original title (1992) was Brewer's Names . At least they have not taken to changing the names of the authors of these books, and this one bears that of the estimable lexicographer and onomastician, Adrian Room.

  • cat whipping or whipping the cat a trick often practised on ignorant country fellows, vain of their strength: a wager is laid with them that they may be pulled through a pond by a cat.

  • Windsurfing and yachting are widely practised on Lake Balaton and boats and boards can be hired at the main resorts.


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