accustom
verb (used with object)
to familiarize by custom or use; habituate.
were 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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Men, he said, were accustoming themselves to say what they did not believe in their heart of hearts.
From Queen Victoria by E. Gordon Browne
It was deep twilight in this corner, but Barrie's eyes were accustoming themselves to the gloom.
From The Heather-Moon by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson
One noted the nonsensical by-play of the movement; the way in which women were accustoming themselves to higher standards of achievement was not so immediately noticeable.
From What is Coming? by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
