Habit
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547 examples of Habit in a sentence
The
habit
of sharing information is one that Africa needs to hone.
The citizens of today’s free societies are (almost always) democrats out of conviction, custom, and
habit.
And the US is in the
habit
of making demands, not making compromises.
Eagleburger, then in a wheelchair because of his knees and phlebitis, coughing from his cigarette
habit
and his asthma, instantly recognized a kindred spirit in Kuron.
As Leslie Gelb, the former president of The Council on Foreign Relations in New York, recently remarked, leaders in Europe and the US have lost the
habit
of serious cooperation.
What could revive that
habit?
With Trump in power, it is a
habit
they are rethinking.
The purpose of the gifts is to “encourage parents and children to develop the saving
habit
and engage with financial institutions.”
The reason is that most people are creatures of
habit.
China’s Industrial NightmareThe Western media have a
habit
of going on feeding frenzies.
The impact of this user intelligence has been profound: in 2003, one pharmaceutical company revised its 2002 estimate of the incidence of withdrawal reactions from 0.2% to 25% (even as the manufacturer of a similar drug continues to claim that it is "not
habit
forming" at all).
Both Germany’s
habit
of free riding and France’s tendency toward trigger-happy postcolonial forays will have to be debated.
It is only a matter of time – of overcoming habit, prejudice, and inertia – before what is accepted in principle becomes practice.
Both the Ukrainian revolution and high economic growth have been caused by President Leonid Kuchma’s patent
habit
of playing everybody against everybody, while abstaining from fair play.
Such moves are an old
habit
for the Chinese, and the US must push them to break it, by making it clear that such bullying behavior will undermine China’s relationship with the US.
They told me how they had told their parents to quit smoking after learning about the consequences of the
habit
on health.
Indeed, they are particularly common in the Middle East, owing partly to the prevalence of skin-covering clothes and a cultural
habit
of staying out of the sun.
That same habit, together with darker skin, contributes to lower levels of vitamin D among Africans.
Cocaine use by high-profile entertainers, executives, models, and socialites who flaunt their illicit drug
habit
certainly does not help.
This raises a basic credibility issue: how can Europe urge Colombia and Peru to reduce supply when its own drug
habit
is driving cultivation?
And, in a much discussed newspaper article entitled “Russia Forward,” he declared, “Should we continue to drag into the future our primitive raw-materials economy, endemic corruption, and inveterate
habit
of relying on the state to solve our problems?
Written another way, "Dragolea," the name means "of love" or "the lovely one" - hardly fitting for a man who developed the unlovely
habit
of lancing his foes on a stake, from which the nickname "Tepes" (the Impaler) was derived.
The
habit
of limiting universal human rights to a series of political and moral rights and consigning the economic aspects of humanity to a second, lower tier of our concern is dangerous.
Another
habit
that Japanese must change is our pervasive male-oriented thinking.
Even if most Israelis never see a roadblock, the security wall, or forcible evictions, the
habit
of looking away, not wishing to know, is a form of corruption.
He was even the first Chinese leader to wear a suit and tie rather than a Mao
habit
when traveling abroad, as well as the first to hold an open press conference.
As a result, the SOEs, not surprisingly, have developed a
habit
of debt-financed growth.
After all, only the ingrained
habit
of playing second fiddle to the US prevents EU members from clearly and loudly distancing themselves from Israel's repressive interferences on the West Bank and Gaza, even though such a stance would help strengthen the commitment of Arab states to the coalition against terrorism as well as provide a useful shove to American diplomacy.
Attributing problems to systemic causes is a typical
habit
of thought in China.
Turkey’s Missed OpportunityYEREVAN – Turkey, sadly, seems to be falling into the bad
habit
of never missing an opportunity to miss an opportunity in its relations with Armenia.
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