How to Use unaccustomed in a Sentence

unaccustomed

adjective

• They responded to our request with unaccustomed speed.
• For those unaccustomed to watching the desert burn, the new fire regime has come as a shock.
  — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
• And it's put him on the back foot, which is for Vladimir Putin that kind of uncomfortable and unaccustomed place to be.
  — CBS News, 26 Feb. 2023
• This was a fourth quarter that heard a smattering of boos from the home crowd unaccustomed to this fate.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 10 Sep. 2023
• Knocking off the Huskies in Seattle was that sort of unaccustomed delight for the Ducks.
  — Ken Goe, OregonLive.com, 1 Nov. 2017
• Drivers that haven’t been driving for much of the last year are unaccustomed to being at the wheel of a moving car.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 26 May 2021
• Those attributes might make jellyfish a bit of a hard sell for those unaccustomed to the meal.
  — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 20 Feb. 2018
• Then came the Royals runs, a bounty to which Kennedy had grown unaccustomed.
  — Blair Kerkhoff, kansascity.com, 26 May 2017
• For the unaccustomed, the heat is a slow build; by the seventh bite of a Sparky’s burger, customers are often red-cheeked and sweating.
  — Amelia Nierenberg, New York Times, 16 Dec. 2019
• My children, then 10 and 12, were not unaccustomed to loss.
  — Amory Rowe Salem and Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 9 Jan. 2024
• Of course, Spiegelman is not unaccustomed to the spotlight.
  — Alexandra Alter, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2022
• That said, the corporate world can be slow to change, and most people are unaccustomed to seeing a bobbing head on the Zoom grid.
  — Tatum Hunter, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
• The Jesus 2020 campaign has brought an unaccustomed spotlight to the town.
  — al, 9 Sep. 2020
• As the chill settled in, Texans unaccustomed to cold, snow and ice scrambled to keep themselves warm.
  — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Feb. 2021
• Nimtz was also unaccustomed to the spotlight that comes with a campaign.
  — Justin L. MacK, The Indianapolis Star, 30 June 2021
• In either case, that rush of seawater would be enough to cause some damage to trees unaccustomed to such salt.
  — Max G. Levy, Wired, 23 Sep. 2021
• The dam, which is managed by Blue Earth County, is not unaccustomed to flooding.
  — Raquel Coronell Uribe, NBC News, 26 June 2024
• Most had blistered hands and sunburns, unaccustomed to life on deck.
  — Ew Staff, EW.com, 1 Dec. 2020
• Salvant, stirring an iced coffee, seemed unaccustomed to being out in the middle of the day.
  — Fred Kaplan, The New Yorker, 22 May 2017
• But newcomers to the world, like Ms. Guevara and her husband, were unaccustomed and ill-prepared to deal with the fallout.
  — Michael Wilson, New York Times, 6 June 2018
• For teams, players and fans that are unaccustomed to winning -- then 2020 is just winning.
  — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 7 Dec. 2020
• And as unaccustomed as both the writer and reader are to that unique situation, hear me out.
  — Steve Rosenbloom, chicagotribune.com, 8 Mar. 2018
• At the initial weekly class session, the teacher posted the first problem to the chat room, and Olivia, unaccustomed to the text-chat format, copied it down with a pencil.
  — The New Yorker, 12 Nov. 2021
• And so there was no chance for the No. 2-ranked players, in the recently unaccustomed position at the foot of the draw, to feel their way into the season’s first major.
  — John Pye, Orange County Register, 17 Jan. 2017
• George Ranch missed the playoffs by one game as well and, like Taylor, is unaccustomed to hanging up the pads in early November.
  — Jack Marrion, Houston Chronicle, 26 Aug. 2019
• For Bailey, who was unaccustomed to being in the spotlight and somewhat aloof with the press, being in the line of fire was not always comfortable.
  — Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2019
• Still, the heat strained the healthcare system in a part of the country unaccustomed to extreme temperatures.
  — Paul Vieira, WSJ, 5 July 2021
• Dozens of all-time records were also set as the unprecedented cold gripped cities and towns unaccustomed to and unprepared for the bitter blast.
  — Jeff Berardelli, CBS News, 20 Feb. 2021
• Organizers are also working against the headwinds of a society unaccustomed to children playing in the street.
  — Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 29 July 2024
• In Las Vegas, Clark County officials try to help vulnerable residents and tourists unaccustomed to how quickly heat ramps up.
  — Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 14 June 2024

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024