Sentences with 'customary'
Example sentences and phrases with the word customary and other words derived from it.
• « This arrangement soon became customary, and was later adopted by parliaments in other countries, so that the terms left and right have become synonymous throughout the world with liberalism and conservatism, respectively. »
• « It is customary for this species of toad for the male to ride on top of the female. And it is in this position that they meet their death on the motorway, at the hands of countless motorists who do not know that by treading on them they are nullifying the survival of the species. »
• « In many countries it is customary to take an afternoon nap. Specialists say that the brain finds it easier to sleep in the afternoon, which seems to indicate a certain evolutionary predisposition to napping. However, they add, those who sleep well at night do not need a nap. »
• « Their speech reflected this belief in that they addressed all others as equals, using "you" rather than terms such as "your lordship" or "my lady" that were customary for privileged individuals of the hereditary elite. »