We found 19 examples of how to use customary in an English sentence.
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| 1. | Systems in which the rules are based on usage, such as languages or customary law, are condemned to become absurd, cumbersome and contradictory, since every time a small error slips into one of their usages, it is integrated into the rules, by definition, for eternity. The more users are ignorant, the more systems degrade rapidly. English, poorly used by millions of people, natives or not, for centuries, is an example of the degradation of a system at terminal stage, no longer presenting any logic, neither in its syntax, nor its grammar, nor its vocabulary or its pronunciation. Similarly, with customary rights becoming too cumbersome and incomprehensible, the states which rely on them tend to switch to prescriptive law. | |
| 2. | When you go abroad, you'd better keep in mind that tipping is customary. | |
| 3. | In Japan it is not customary to tip for good service. | |
| 4. | In particular, it is customary for actual examples of use of the harmonic mean to generally cover "average speed," and explain no further than that. | |
| 5. | In Asian culture it's customary to take one's shoes off before entering a house or temple. | |
| 6. | It's customary for waiters and waitresses to introduce themselves using only their first names. | |
| 7. | In hotels, it's customary to install wall-to-wall carpeting. | |
| 8. | Now we’ll examine the code in detail, in our customary fashion. | |
| 9. | Responsibility is a detachable burden that can easily be shifted to the shoulders of God, Fate, Fortune, Luck or one's neighbor. In the days of astrology it was customary to unload it upon a star. | |
| 10. | It is no longer customary. | |
| 11. | Newcomers are warned not to ask Tom whether he really likes stoats that much, since his customary reply to that question is to shout 'OH YES!' at the top of his lungs. | |
| 12. | During the feast of Hanukkah it is customary to play with a four sided dreidel. | |
| 13. | In Russia, it is customary to remove your shoes when entering a home. Guests will be typically offered slippers. | |
| 14. | In our house, it is customary for everyone to wash his or her own dishes. | |
| 15. | It is customary to begin the teaching of grammar by dividing words into certain classes, generally called "parts of speech" — substantives, adjectives, verbs, etc. — and by giving definitions of these classes. | |
| 16. | In the old days, it was customary for a gentleman to serenade his beloved. | |
| 17. | At the beginning of the new year, it's customary to look back on the old. | |
| 18. | When two philosophers meet, it is customary for them to greet each other simply with a "Good morning!". | |
| 19. | In his Christmas message to the world, delivered indoors rather than, as customary, the balcony of Saint Peter's Basilica, Pope Francis said that in these times of darkness and uncertainty due to the pandemic, there are some lights of hope, like the discovery of vaccines against COVID-19. |