habit - use in sentences
Preposition: of
- lifetime: Six months on, " Champagne Jacques " shows few signs of breaking the habits of a lifetime.
Possessives
- monk: It's a magician's cloak, that turns inside out to become a monk's habit.
Converse of object
- eat: The change in eating habits has the report says been caused by the high pressure working culture in the United Kingdom.
- kick: To kick the habit for good you need to be prepared for the hard times.
- annoy: Well, I asked the same question: how can an annoying habit bring you a disease?
- irritate: Wealthy banker Ed, on the other hand, could possibly be the answer, despite his irritating habits.
- quit: I work with Drug dependant people who are either trying to quit the habit, trying to stay off drugs.
- cultivate: We had to take the time to cultivate the habits of dialog and consultation, the art of deciding by consensus.
Adjective modifier
- eating: Yes, Yvonne had cornered the market on bad eating habits.
- dietary: Do you ask about lifestyle issues e.g. smoking, alcohol, dietary habits, exercise patterns, hazardous sports or occupations?
- nasty: A dissolute wizard with a nasty habit for getting his friends killed, John Constantine has let himself go.
- bad: Bad Habits: Unable to think badly of myself!
- ingrained: It is far harder to break ingrained bad habits than to learn properly in the first place.
- healthy: The key messages are: Get into healthy habits.
Noun used with modifier
- eating: Making changes Try to set a good example with your own eating habits.
- bowel: If you have any changes in your bowel habits, let your doctor know straight away.
- drinking: Statistics show that people's drinking habits have changed over the last 30 years.
- smoking: Would it be lung cancer from his chronic smoking habit?
- buying: Our buying habits have a tremendous impact on the environment.
- browsing: Such software may secretly record their Internet browsing habits and target them with advertising.
The word usage examples above have been gathered from various sources to reflect current and historical usage. They do not represent the opinions of YourDictionary.com.
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