How to Use habitual in a Sentence

habitual

adjective

• They went for their habitual evening walk.
• He was fired for his habitual lateness.
• Dogs are habitual creatures and like to go in the same spots much of the time.
  — Lauren Corona, chicagotribune.com, 23 Feb. 2021
• One is a habitual liar, proven to have misled the court.
  — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2022
• Police went to Aldi’s at 4 p.m. Dec. 20 due to a man known as a habitual shoplifter who was in the store loading up a cart.
  — cleveland, 23 Dec. 2022
• What is your thought on how to deal with the habitual offenders?
  — Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2019
• The ranch shut down due to the dwindling number of youths in custody and habitual runaways.
  — Joaquin Palomino, SFChronicle.com, 16 Sep. 2019
• The state elected not to proceed on the habitual felon status, the release said.
  — Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 4 Mar. 2024
• The issue for Burrow and the Bengals is it’s a habitual problem for them.
  — Tyler Dragon, The Enquirer, 29 Sep. 2020
• He was judged to be a habitual offender, too, and was returned to prison.
  — Will Higgins, Indianapolis Star, 9 July 2018
• According to the release, Wrench is a habitual runaway and has runaway over ten times in the last two years.
  — Rebecca Hennes, Houston Chronicle, 2 July 2019
• Dugas is a habitual offender who is out on a pending charge of felon in possession of a firearm, the union said.
  — Fox News, 10 June 2022
• The habitual offender statue requires a sentence of no less than five years in prison and up to life in prison.
  — Katy Moeller, idahostatesman, 26 June 2018
• The defense will seek to portray Floyd as a habitual drug user.
  — Paul Best, Fox News, 29 Mar. 2021
• That’s not paradoxical; the greater amount of white matter doesn’t mean habitual liars are more inclined to stick to rules and morals.
  — Paul Tullis, Town & Country, 30 Apr. 2023
• London would likely have some very angry habitual travelers if the ride-hail app were forced to pull out of the city.
  — Wired, 25 Nov. 2019
• Fields was also found guilty of habitual criminal charges in the case.
  — Kieran Nicholson, The Denver Post, 27 Nov. 2019
• The yen and Swiss franc, habitual sanctuaries, are among the few currencies that have risen against it (chart 3).
  — The Economist, 17 Aug. 2019
• He was found guilty of unarmed robbery as a habitual offender in 2006 and sentenced to life in prison.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Mar. 2021
• The drug slammed into me: my heart juddered, then resumed its habitual rhythm.
  — Lorraine Boissoneault, The New Yorker, 30 July 2022
• Bennett was in shirtsleeves; Lapid had on his habitual T-shirt and blazer; Abbas wore a suit.
  — Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2021
• The habitual offender charge could result in a longer prison sentence if Richardson is found guilty of the murder, Shue said.
  — Remington Miller, Arkansas Online, 25 Aug. 2022
• Dear Amy: My closest cousin and her husband are habitual shoplifters.
  — Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 15 May 2021
• As a habitual offender, he was given 60 years for each count and a $2 million fine.
  — USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2020
• Marsh said the tragedy was preventable and that Bengal was lying about not being a habitual user.
  — Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 26 May 2022
• Like, be cynical, don’t play my instrument in a habitual way, and freely do edgy stuff.
  — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 17 Jan. 2024
• There are other nifty tricks, too, that habitual readers swear by.
  — Manavi Kapur, Quartz India, 29 May 2020
• As a habitual offender, Flake was sentenced to 25 years in prison.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 22 Nov. 2021
• Black tooth stains left by habitual tobacco use also single out the skeletons of smokers.
  — Byandrew Curry, science.org, 4 Oct. 2024
• Those found guilty of habitual funny cowboy dancing are either executed or banished to the Desolate Zone, where they are forced to get jobs and raise families.
  — Jack Handey, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Nov 2024