How to Use habitual in a Sentence

habitual

adjective

• They went for their habitual evening walk.
• He was fired for his habitual lateness.
• There are other nifty tricks, too, that habitual readers swear by.
  — Manavi Kapur, Quartz India, 29 May 2020
• The next step is a lot harder: actively working to undo the habitual self-judgment that, for many of us, is second nature.
  — Anna Borges, SELF, 10 July 2020
• This bold palm print is perfect for habitual redecorators who love making a strong statement.
  — Elizabeth Sweet, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 June 2020
• Both were originally sentenced to a mandatory term of life in prison without parole due to the state’s habitual offender act.
  — Ivana Hrynkiw | [e-mail], al, 6 June 2020
• At the time, sentencing guidelines did not apply to people sentenced as habitual offenders.
  — Angie Jackson, Detroit Free Press, 5 Aug. 2020
• His lawyer argued that if prosecutors were concerned about his client being dangerous and a habitual criminal, a plea agreement would not have been offered.
  — Lauren Castle, azcentral, 16 June 2020
• Civic life, after all, coheres not in abstract fantasies about politician-heroes, but in habitual practices that take place in real communities.
  — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2020
• Small exits from the excruciating present tense become habitual.
  — Rivka Galchen, New York Times, 5 May 2020
• The act allows judges to decide whether to sentence a defendant in a low-level drug offense case under the habitual offender sentencing guidelines.
  — Nyamekye Daniel, Washington Examiner, 18 June 2020
• Election experts agree that there’s no evidence that voting by mail gives one party an advantage, finding instead that voting is largely habitual and not based on convenience.
  — Natalie Gontcharova, refinery29.com, 15 May 2020
• Dogs are habitual creatures and like to go in the same spots much of the time.
  — Lauren Corona, chicagotribune.com, 23 Feb. 2021
• One is a habitual liar, proven to have misled the court.
  — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2022
• Police went to Aldi’s at 4 p.m. Dec. 20 due to a man known as a habitual shoplifter who was in the store loading up a cart.
  — cleveland, 23 Dec. 2022
• The state elected not to proceed on the habitual felon status, the release said.
  — Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 4 Mar. 2024
• The issue for Burrow and the Bengals is it’s a habitual problem for them.
  — Tyler Dragon, The Enquirer, 29 Sep. 2020
• Dugas is a habitual offender who is out on a pending charge of felon in possession of a firearm, the union said.
  — Fox News, 10 June 2022
• The defense will seek to portray Floyd as a habitual drug user.
  — Paul Best, Fox News, 29 Mar. 2021
• That’s not paradoxical; the greater amount of white matter doesn’t mean habitual liars are more inclined to stick to rules and morals.
  — Paul Tullis, Town & Country, 30 Apr. 2023
• He was found guilty of unarmed robbery as a habitual offender in 2006 and sentenced to life in prison.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Mar. 2021
• The drug slammed into me: my heart juddered, then resumed its habitual rhythm.
  — Lorraine Boissoneault, The New Yorker, 30 July 2022
• Bennett was in shirtsleeves; Lapid had on his habitual T-shirt and blazer; Abbas wore a suit.
  — Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2021
• The habitual offender charge could result in a longer prison sentence if Richardson is found guilty of the murder, Shue said.
  — Remington Miller, Arkansas Online, 25 Aug. 2022
• Dear Amy: My closest cousin and her husband are habitual shoplifters.
  — Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 15 May 2021
• Marsh said the tragedy was preventable and that Bengal was lying about not being a habitual user.
  — Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 26 May 2022
• Like, be cynical, don’t play my instrument in a habitual way, and freely do edgy stuff.
  — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 17 Jan. 2024
• As a habitual offender, Flake was sentenced to 25 years in prison.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 22 Nov. 2021
• During today’s Gemini new moon, retool habitual routines that no longer serve your growth.
  — USA TODAY, 6 June 2024
• The collapse of habitual social routines and the withdrawal of the state from people’s lives following the disintegration of the Soviet Union left Russians confused and disoriented.
  — Maria Lipman, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2022

Last Updated: 17 Sep 2024