How to Use habit in a Sentence
habit
noun
- It's never easy to break a bad habit.
- She always closed the door softly out of habit.
- He hasn't been able to kick his cocaine habit.
- It was his habit to take a nap after dinner every evening.
- He still gets up early every day from habit.
- It's important that parents teach their children good study habits.
- He fell into some bad habits after graduating from college.
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In the past, Hull might have left his healthy habits at home.
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Brett Williams,
Men's Health,
8 Sep. 2023
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And when that happens, the structure and the habits and the details just crash along with the train.
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Helene Elliott,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2023
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Needs to address his details and habits away from the puck.
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Kyle Woodlief,
USA TODAY,
28 June 2023
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Her hosts, rock climbers who knew her habits, had lent her a van to sleep in.
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D. T. Max,
The New Yorker,
21 Jan. 2024
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And as artists, our touring, habits, and patterns are the same.
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Bianca Alysse,
Men's Health,
1 Aug. 2023
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The tortoise has even saved the teen from having to mow the backyard due to his snacking habits.
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Howard Koplowitz | [email protected],
al,
3 July 2023
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The mother told the newspaper that the teenager had used the cash to fund a crack cocaine habit.
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Reuters,
NBC News,
9 July 2023
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Nearly 95% of the Amur tigers' natural habit has been lost.
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Miranda Jeyaretnam,
The Indianapolis Star,
15 Aug. 2023
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What is lost, however, is the chance for fans to bond deeply with shows that become a steady habit for years and years.
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Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
7 July 2023
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The Notre Dame Prep field hockey team has made a habit of getting off to strong starts in recent years.
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Rich Scherr,
Baltimore Sun,
19 Sep. 2023
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Read full article Since that day, Coffey’s habits in the park have changed.
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Mike Damiano,
BostonGlobe.com,
16 Sep. 2023
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As if that mixture weren’t dense enough, the boy’s abuser had a habit of quoting Scripture to him.
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Anthony Lane,
The New Yorker,
26 Feb. 2024
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Gaga is making something of a habit of teaming up with legendary rock bands from the British Isles.
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Lars Brandle,
Billboard,
26 Oct. 2023
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As a Black woman from the South, many of her not-so-healthy habits were inherited and, for the first half of my life, passed down to me as well.
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Deanna Taylor,
Essence,
20 Mar. 2024
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This may be true, but the day after has a habit of sneaking up while the parties are unprepared.
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Dahlia Scheindlin,
The New Republic,
3 Nov. 2023
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The app also has an Insights tool to reveal users’ spending habits.
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Carly Olson,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Nov. 2023
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Even if the infrastructure were in place, people’s habits aren’t.
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Kim Severson,
New York Times,
2 Apr. 2024
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Be sure to make a habit of checking for updates going forward.
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Kurt Knutsson,
Fox News,
26 Oct. 2023
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What is your advice for creating and sticking with a habit?
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Alexa Mikhail,
Fortune Well,
30 Dec. 2023
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Your best bet is to make a habit of checking your baby’s reactions.
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Chaunie Brusie, Rn,
Parents,
10 Mar. 2024
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And in his case, because he was involved in selling, in terms of having enough money for his drug habit, and got caught.
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Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
30 Nov. 2023
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Health officials say that because of tobacco’s addictive nature, preventing young people from picking up the habit could save millions of lives.
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Anna Gordon,
TIME,
16 Apr. 2024
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Practices such as meal-prepping and buying in bulk have further centered reusable food containers in America’s eating habits.
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Amanda Mull,
The Atlantic,
12 Apr. 2024
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