How to Use unaccustomed in a Sentence

unaccustomed

adjective

• They responded to our request with unaccustomed speed.
• And it's put him on the back foot, which is for Vladimir Putin that kind of uncomfortable and unaccustomed place to be.
  — CBS News, 26 Feb. 2023
• This was a fourth quarter that heard a smattering of boos from the home crowd unaccustomed to this fate.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 10 Sep. 2023
• Drivers that haven’t been driving for much of the last year are unaccustomed to being at the wheel of a moving car.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 26 May 2021
• For the unaccustomed, the heat is a slow build; by the seventh bite of a Sparky’s burger, customers are often red-cheeked and sweating.
  — Amelia Nierenberg, New York Times, 16 Dec. 2019
• My children, then 10 and 12, were not unaccustomed to loss.
  — Amory Rowe Salem and Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 9 Jan. 2024
• Of course, Spiegelman is not unaccustomed to the spotlight.
  — Alexandra Alter, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2022
• The Jesus 2020 campaign has brought an unaccustomed spotlight to the town.
  — al, 9 Sep. 2020
• As the chill settled in, Texans unaccustomed to cold, snow and ice scrambled to keep themselves warm.
  — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Feb. 2021
• Nimtz was also unaccustomed to the spotlight that comes with a campaign.
  — Justin L. MacK, The Indianapolis Star, 30 June 2021
• In either case, that rush of seawater would be enough to cause some damage to trees unaccustomed to such salt.
  — Max G. Levy, Wired, 23 Sep. 2021
• Most had blistered hands and sunburns, unaccustomed to life on deck.
  — Ew Staff, EW.com, 1 Dec. 2020
• For teams, players and fans that are unaccustomed to winning -- then 2020 is just winning.
  — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 7 Dec. 2020
• At the initial weekly class session, the teacher posted the first problem to the chat room, and Olivia, unaccustomed to the text-chat format, copied it down with a pencil.
  — The New Yorker, 12 Nov. 2021
• George Ranch missed the playoffs by one game as well and, like Taylor, is unaccustomed to hanging up the pads in early November.
  — Jack Marrion, Houston Chronicle, 26 Aug. 2019
• For Bailey, who was unaccustomed to being in the spotlight and somewhat aloof with the press, being in the line of fire was not always comfortable.
  — Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2019
• Still, the heat strained the healthcare system in a part of the country unaccustomed to extreme temperatures.
  — Paul Vieira, WSJ, 5 July 2021
• Dozens of all-time records were also set as the unprecedented cold gripped cities and towns unaccustomed to and unprepared for the bitter blast.
  — Jeff Berardelli, CBS News, 20 Feb. 2021
• The trouble is, for the unaccustomed limited partner, that can be a jolting ride.
  — Anne Sraders, Fortune, 1 June 2023
• And ideas emerge and blend with an unaccustomed subtlety.
  — Mike Hale, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2022
• But for someone who was barely out of her teens and unaccustomed to the rock & roll circus, life on the road began wearing on Taylor quickly.
  — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 1 Apr. 2021
• Then there are new dynamics emerging as home prices soar in many parts of the country that are unaccustomed to seeing such extremes.
  — Washington Post, 20 June 2021
• But Ong says that although platforms have been too slow to act, a large part of the blame lies with a media ecosystem unaccustomed to covering such attacks.
  — Wired, 10 Aug. 2022
• Some of the problems stem from the fact that voters are unaccustomed to providing the ID information on their ballots.
  — Adam Brewster, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2022
• With a first or second shot in our arms, many of us are starting to feel an unaccustomed optimism about reopening.
  — Brian Thompson, Forbes, 7 May 2021
• The desert landscape and its infrastructure are unaccustomed to so much rain in a short duration.
  — Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2021
• But while that system hit a region unaccustomed to extreme cold, this one spread across the Midwest and Northeast — two areas that should be well-prepared.
  — Naureen S. Malik, Fortune, 27 Dec. 2022
• So unaccustomed to success, OSU doesn’t handle it well.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2019
• The storm is also lashing places in the South unaccustomed to such extreme winter conditions.
  — Aya Elamroussi, CNN, 23 Dec. 2022
• The big white Christmas news came for Seattle late Saturday in a region unaccustomed to powder on Dec. 25.
  — NBC News, 27 Dec. 2021

Last Updated: 28 May 2024