by/from force of habit
idiom
: without thinking because it is what one usually does
He reached into his pocket for his keys by/from force of habit.
Examples of by/from force of habit in a Sentence
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Independent stores closed, as did chain outposts that perhaps had stayed open from force of habit.
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John King, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Nov. 2021
The survivors who congregate, by force of habit rather than any grand plan, at the shopping mall in which the film takes place are barely more lifelike than the ghouls who wish to feast upon them.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 19 Jan. 2023
John King, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Nov. 2021
The survivors who congregate, by force of habit rather than any grand plan, at the shopping mall in which the film takes place are barely more lifelike than the ghouls who wish to feast upon them.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 19 Jan. 2023
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