accustomed to

Idioms  

1. Used to something or someone; having the habit of doing something. For example, In Spain we gave up our usual schedule and became accustomed to eating dinner at 10 p.m. Professor Higgins in the musical My Fair Lady (1956) ruefully sang the song “I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face” after his protégé Eliza walked out on him. [Second half of 1400s]

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Example Sentences

Musk investors are accustomed to burning cash in pursuit of his lofty ideas.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

Exponentially larger crowds than those venues are accustomed to are a given.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

But for an English football icon who is accustomed to success, Lampard will want to ensure his team have a fighter's chance of staying up.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

Wall Street also has grown accustomed to Mastercard beating estimates.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

I saw few or no dilapidated houses, with poverty-stricken inmates; no half-naked children and barefooted women, such as I had been accustomed to see in Hillsborough, Easton, St. Michael’s, and Baltimore.

From "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" by Frederick Douglass