accustom
verb (used with object)
to familiarize by custom or use; habituate.
had accustomed
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past perfectof accustom.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The war on terror had accustomed him to think that he could not be one by definition.
From New York Times ● Sep. 9, 2021
But, Brown reasoned, this was because they were designed for the wrong audience—vegetarians, the five per cent of the population who had accustomed themselves to the pallid satisfactions of bean sprouts and quinoa.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 23, 2019
He said his early experience as a star athlete had accustomed him to the kind of attention he’s now receiving.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2019
Years of practice had accustomed him to my barely understandable speech, as well as the perversity of my thoughts.
From Salon ● Feb. 2, 2013
Men said he was just... and if his was a harsh, hard-handed sort of justice, well, life on the Iron Islands had accustomed Asha Greyjoy to that.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
