How to Use customarily in a Sentence

customarily

adverb
  • For much of the past century, men were customarily cast as the breadwinner in most American families.
    Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Visitors customarily throw coins into the fountain’s basin to ensure their return to the Eternal City.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 9 Sep. 2024
  • USA Track & Field customarily takes top six to run rounds of the 1,600 relay.
    David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 21 June 2021
  • Observers customarily give to the needy, send gifts to friends and neighbors, and cook a festive meal.
    Victoria Bisset, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2024
  • Get the recipe: Any-Fruit Tart Once the tart shell is ready, it is customarily filled with a puddinglike pastry cream.
    G. Daniela Galarza, Washington Post, 15 July 2023
  • Mind you, the orchestra has been known in the past to sprinkle a bit of Bach amid its customarily larger-scale repertoire.
    Rob Hubbard, Star Tribune, 30 Jan. 2021
  • The matching rate is customarily 20% of the award, with the county and state paying 10% each, Gartner explained.
    James Whitlow, baltimoresun.com, 12 Aug. 2020
  • On the one hand are the outrageous lies that Donald Trump customarily spews.
    Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The lead-up to the final vote is customarily marked by raucous public meetings across the boroughs.
    Téa Kvetenadze, New York Daily News, 18 June 2024
  • The band doesn’t customarily give interviews, but two members agree to meet with me.
    Madelyn Dawson, SPIN, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Rivas traveled the state to stump for them, something customarily done by the speaker.
    Laurel Rosenhall, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2023
  • Pregos are also customarily used to round off a feast of clams, shrimp or crab in marisqueiras – specialized seafood joints.
    Paul Ames, CNN, 5 Mar. 2023
  • The group asked that the court appoint its anonymous members to the seats on a temporary basis, as would be done customarily to fill a role left vacant by death.
    Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic, 10 May 2021
  • The method is banned in some countries and isn’t customarily invoked by women against their husbands.
    Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 18 July 2024
  • The ceremony, which will stream on Netflix, customarily has no host, but will still start off strong with Idris Elba opening the show.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Dressed in her customarily shabby clothes, Hetty marched the limping boy to all the free clinics in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
    Michael Farquhar, Washington Post, 13 May 2023
  • Unfortunately, the krewe won’t be able to pass out lumps of coal as members customarily do.
    Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 22 Nov. 2020
  • People customarily water and feed plants in containers much more often than those in the ground.
    Steve Bender, Southern Living, 20 May 2024
  • By the time Davka finishes making her tea (as Mongolians customarily do for guests), the woman is in his bedroom.
    The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Winners are customarily fêted by the president at the White House.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The narrative may flip once, or a few times, more during this nine-week sprint to the general election that customarily begins in earnest after Labor Day.
    Melanie Mason, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Lake Forest Day customarily starts with a downtown parade and includes a two-day carnival at West Park.
    Daniel I. Dorfman, chicagotribune.com, 4 May 2021
  • The Getty is no different — except for the notable fact that a good chunk of what’s customarily submerged ranks among its greatest artistic holdings.
    Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024
  • Kuku sabzi is a Persian frittata that’s customarily flavored with an abundance of fresh herbs.
    Christopher Kimball, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Then again, this year’s crop of beer ads were mostly flat, especially given the high bar that Budweiser has customarily set for Super Bowls past.
    Brian Lowry, CNN, 12 Feb. 2023
  • That could favor the Americans, who customarily have produced more firepower than the Dutch.
    John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2023
  • This is what SpaceX and most Western rocket companies customarily do to help control debris in low Earth orbit.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 24 Jan. 2022
  • This unit will also be popular for cooking ribs, roasts, and other customarily roasted or grilled meats.
    Brad Fenson, Field & Stream, 14 Feb. 2023
  • This change in dietetic patterns of species that may as less amenable to the fermentation process than other customarily used meats also play a role in some of the more recent botulism outbreaks.
    Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 14 Aug. 2011
  • As a result of Monday’s vote, he will be stripped of the lifetime pass to Parliament’s buildings customarily given to former lawmakers.
    Jill Lawless, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2023

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