accustom
verb (used with object)
to familiarize by custom or use; habituate.
was accustoming
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past progressiveof accustom.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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With the speedy Wall leading the way, the Wizards plan to use more of a running, uptempo style than Porter was accustoming to playing the past two seasons at Georgetown.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 6, 2013
The man was accustoming himself to the weapon which had come into his possession, making sure of it.
From The Coyote A Western Story by James Roberts
For Karl von Rosen in these days was accustoming himself to a strange visage in his own mental looking-glass.
From The Butterfly House by Paul Julian Meylan
He was accustoming himself to his surroundings and preparing for the future.
From The Day of Judgment by Joseph Hocking
The monster to which Marie was accustoming herself was the knowledge that her lover had lied.
From The Perfume of Eros: A Fifth Avenue Incident by Edgar Saltus
