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    customary


    1. Once the now customary tears have passed, I ring Brenda and ask if it would be all right for me to have a few days off – she agrees that this is reasonable and promises to make sure that someone is on call just in case there is a problem


    2. The feeling of exhilaration after a good thirty minutes straining and sweating and driving your body beyond its customary lethargy becomes addictive


    3. sat separate as was customary and chat over the day’s


    4. The crew had weighed anchor, made the customary ritual sacrifice having prayed to the gods for help and guidance


    5. In those days it was customary for large households to have a resident Gottesman who not only worked in the household but also served the surrounding area


    6. I began to understand the customary village wisdom of living in a place by choice, in splendid naïveté, unconcerned with fad or fashion, and where schedules bear very little weight


    7. With the popularity of Christianity it became customary to build new churches over alternative temples of worship in an attempt to obliterate earlier influences


    8. with customary axe in hand


    9. After finishing their customary rounds at the tavern, they stopped outside before parting ways for the evening


    10. After the customary greetings the royal messenger handed him a small tablet

    11. Once inside she closed the door behind them and came forward, stood on her toes and gave him the customary kiss on each cheek


    12. Thinking about the Guild and its members, namely the ones still missing, reignited that customary grit in the Nord and he finally eased himself out of bed, gathered his things, and made way for the sleepy hamlet to the west


    13. Zarko pulled the man aside and after the customary greeting, he enquired, “I didn’t see my father ride in this morning when the army returned


    14. It was the same leg that ended in her maimed foot, so her customary limp was more of a lurch as she went to Homer


    15. In his customary booming voice he began a toast to the newlyweds


    16. They seem to have been called customs, as denoting customary payments, which had been in use for time immemorial


    17. Whenever recent immigrants are encouraged to casually disregard the customary traditions that typify the character of the host nation, that nation will inevitably acquire an entirely different meaning


    18. They require the mutual support and interaction of its churches, schools and other (community) organizations to (properly) reinforce that society‘s customary values necessary for the functioning of a well-ordered society


    19. Liberty suggests the freedom to think and behave in a manner consistent with and tempered by customary restraints or limits that inevitably weigh the consequences of causal effects


    20. customary assumption of deep learning, declared was "but a modern

    21. Indifference to customary (religious) attitudes is a cause of grave concern; especially among practicing Christians and (Orthodox) Jews alike who perceive the gradual erosion of the underlying principles and teachings of proud (religious) traditions and its demoralizing effect on society; of Christians and Jews in name only who are routinely abandoning their churches and synagogues while shedding their religious customs and beliefs in alarming numbers to worship before the alter of the ―golden calf‖


    22. without rocking its customary foundations… the requirements of an evolving society…


    23. By having surrendered our inherent right to make personal decisions considered appropriate to our own particular lifestyles and needs, we have summarily relinquished our customary right to appeal such decisions made on our (own) behalf by government institutions that we‘ve provided with (reckless) authoritative powers far exceeding their intended scope and purpose; institutions that no longer pretend to be our servants but the masters, rather, of our own determined way of life


    24. Baby Boomers are caught in the middle of an ideological disconnect having categorically rejected their parent‘s customary values as well as the conventional values embraced by their (own) children


    25. (notwithstanding a certain willingness to entertain the respective merits of a variety of different viewpoints), will become apparent as a number of (youthful) friendships begin to vanish, superseded by more ―meaningful‖ or customary relationships for convenience sake, 92


    26. Laws, in the absence of binding (principle) origins constitute a transitory, variable system of rules conditioned by current fashions without regard to (the) underlying (moral) assumptions that otherwise provide (customary) perspective to a well-ordered, (continuous) society


    27. There was a time, (certainly before my time), when college professors harboring ―progressive‖ or insurgent designs, teaching in more conventionally-minded (academic) environments, had to raise ―false fronts‖; that is to say, ―operate‖ within the school‘s customary guidelines, in order to ―win‖ students over


    28. Republican Party elites oftentimes remain indifferent, except during the primary season, to blue collar voters seeking a viable alternative to a party that has abandoned its customary standards in favor of secular viewpoints (seemingly) at odds with ―working class‖ values


    29. For this reason, conventional wisdom is oftentimes likely to avoid controversial subjects considered incompatible with the customary and accepted practices of an increasingly sensitive, overly cautious society; preferring to play it safe, instead, by providing pat answers or formulaic responses to difficult questions rather than expressing a ―truthful‖ opinion


    30. The radical assumptions that defined that generation did not seek reform in the conventional sense but establish, rather, a new social order out of a vacuum lacking transitional (customary) support or intellectual substance of any sort

    31. I also experienced once more, as I had done in 2001, very emotional moments upon fully participating in the Procession of the Encounter in the main Plaza of Salas on Good Friday and in the amicable and generous customary communal sharing from house to house or from wine cellar to wine cellar that traditionally follows the religious procession


    32. I will now formally state my predilections: one, that I wish to hang myself at the nearest opportune moment in order to escape further unneeded physical torment under these circumstances, and two, that I wish for my remains to be burned, as is customary under Law, even though I fail to see what a fat lot of good that would do


    33. Also, it was customary to show more of the breasts


    34. As usual, everyone wanted to spend time outside, and Elena and her daughters went to their customary spot in the dunes so that the girls could build sand castles


    35. was sitting in his customary Siddha position, with a coconut, sacred


    36. Shri Maharaj blessed him with customary


    37. It is customary for the host or cook to place a small serving on another’s plate first


    38. After the customary greetings and introductions, the judge explained the theory and the rules of debate


    39. customary good-byes were dispensed, and the dinner party mingled as they slowly filed toward the exit


    40. The high school offered the customary array of hard sciences, such as chemistry and

    41. As is customary in these circumstances, the eldest — and in this case, only — son stepped in to carry the torch


    42. It was customary for a captain to tour the ship, visiting every section before any mission


    43. “Here at the Honey Bee Inn, it’s customary for all the new girls


    44. As the blueness of it wrapped around us I looked for the spirit of light that had been following us, and he was there in his customary place, smiling and looking friendly


    45. They came to Lot's home and were going to sleep outside of his door, a practice which was customary in those times


    46. ” Theodore told me that he had taken the afterbirth and buried it on the far side of the mountains as was customary


    47. He did take her hand as it was customary to accept the help the opponent would give at the end of the fight


    48. Panhandle culture where it is customary


    49. Just keep in mind that it is customary always to offer a cigarette to


    50. ‘I figured it out in a half a second that shaking hands is customary in your culture,’ Marco says without much emotion in his face









































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    Synonyms for "customary"

    accustomed customary habitual wonted traditional normal standard accepted common prevailing

    "customary" definitions

    in accordance with convention or custom


    commonly used or practiced; usual