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Habituated chimpanzees can be followed at close range and are—hopefully—undisturbed by human presence.

From Scientific American • Dec. 28, 2012

Habituated to human presence and living in a place where hunting was forbidden, she seemed very interested in what I was doing.

From Slate • Nov. 16, 2012

Habituated as the procurator had been to Mercablis and his loathing for strangers, my desire for privacy had seemed to him as a matter of course.

From Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire by White, Edward Lucas

Habituated during the Emigration to go without many things, he never thought of lavish expenditure, of building palaces or furnishing his residences richly.

From The Duchess of Berry and the Court of Charles X by Imbert de Saint-Amand, Arthur Léon, baron

Habituated for more than twenty years to control all her feelings, and to repress every appearance of fear or agitation, Catherine de Medici was nevertheless on the present occasion completely overcome.

From Henry of Guise; (Vol. III of 3) or, The States of Blois by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)