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Sentences starting with custom

Custom is law, while it is yet the custom. [11]
Custom does not weigh at such a time. [9]
Custom is, to think a handsome thing in private but tame it down in the utterance. [5]
Custom had created these varying bows, and in time they had become easy and natural. [5]
Custom and tradition continue them in force, antiquity hallows them. [5]

Sentences ending with custom

He found that with regard to the Grosvenor Green apartment he had not allowed for his wife's willingness to get any sort of roof over her head again after the removal from their old home, or for the alleviations that grow up through mere custom. [8]
He said there was no law to regulate this thing, except that most powerful of all laws, custom. [5]
It exists with us, to some little extent, but in no degree approaching a custom. [5]
One by one, two by two, group by group, the unveiled dancers came and went; the singers sang behind the screen provided for them, so that none might see their faces, after the custom. [11]
The blame for this untimely painting did not lie with the ship's officers, but with custom. [5]
The fitting-up of that place as a shrine is not an accident, nor a casual, unweighed idea; it is imitated from age--old religious custom. [5]
Bixby soon made some trips up the Missouri River, and in his absence turned his apprentice, or "cub," over to other pilots, such being the river custom. [5]
It is the safer custom. [11]
No priests, a procession on horseback, mourners riding, and among them the son even of the dead--while of old the survivors had always followed the body on foot, as was everywhere the custom! [10]
The tavern was on the river bank, as is the custom. [5]

Short sentences using custom

It is the custom. [5]
It is the custom here. [11]
That's one barbarous custom abolished. [9]
Delightful custom! [4]

Sentences containing custom two or more times

So originated the wide-spread custom of wearing spectacles in Germany; and as a custom once established in these old lands is imperishable, this one remains universal in the empire to this day. [5]
This is the law of custom, and custom supersedes all other forms of law. [5]
Necessarily, the Atlantic custom of betting on the ship's run is not a custom here--nobody ever mentions it. [5]
It has not been the custom of this court to imitate other courts; it has not been the custom of this court to take shelter behind the decisions of other courts, and we will not begin now. [5]
As far back as Noah's time it became law that ships must be constantly painted and fussed at when at sea; custom grew out of the law, and at sea custom knows no death; this custom will continue until the sea goes dry. [5]

More example sentences with the word custom in them

Nay, my dears, you need not cry out, such was the custom of the times. [9]
Should they meet you anywhere, kisses in abundance in fine, wherever you move there is nothing but kisses"--a custom, says this reformer, who has not the fear of Stubbes before his eyes, "never to be sufficiently commended. [4]
With growth of years had come increase of piety, and it was his custom once a week to gather about him such of the servants as would for the reading of Scripture. [11]
But what, Ruth wrote, could a woman do, tied up by custom, and cast into particular circumstances out of which it was almost impossible to extricate herself? [5]
He said he would rather have my custom than any man's in town. [5]
These were loaded with rings; the finger-nails were stained red, according to Egyptian custom, and gold or silver bands were worn above the elbow, and at the wrists and ankles. [10]
I hope you will continue this custom to give me a dinner every seven years before I join the hosts in the other world--I do not know which world. [5]
His ways are wholly original when he encounters a trait or a custom which is new to him. [5]
In short, those who made it a custom to observe such matters felt vaguely a disturbance of some kind. [9]
But after dinner, when she had seen them to bed, as was her custom, she came downstairs into my study and said quietly:--"I was wrong, Hugh. [9]
Upon these terms, what is a U. S. custom house but a "fence? [5]
He would kill what he loved; he would have his way with what he loved, whether or not it was the way of law or custom or right. [11]
In undertaking there were many miles to trudge with coffins in a week, and the fixed, sad, sympathetic look long custom had stereotyped was wearisome to the face as a cast of plaster-of-paris. [11]
Sellers led the way to a saloon on Fourth street under the hotel, and the young gentlemen fell into the custom of the country. [5]
No, for that was the common custom on both sides, and not open to criticism. [5]
If the rock was moderately promising, we followed the custom of the country, used strong adjectives and frothed at the mouth as if a very marvel in silver discoveries had transpired. [5]
For many years Victoria had chosen her own companions; when the custom had begun, her mother had made a protest which Mr. Flint had answered with a laugh; he thought Victoria's judgment better than his wife's. [9]
Though he used very little liquor of any kind, it was Mark Twain's custom to keep a bottle of Scotch whiskey with his collection of pipes and cigars and tobacco on a little table by his bed-side. [5]
He had died twenty years after the time when Luke Claridge, against the then custom of the Quakers, set up a tombstone to Mercy Claridge's memory behind the Meeting-house. [11]
To-day Kaid goes to the Mosque of Mahmoud, as is the custom at this festival. [11]
If so, according to the custom of the land, then Mahommed is as immune as thou art. [11]
Smiley had custom to say that all which lacked to a frog it was the education, but with the education she could do nearly all--and I him believe. [5]
At first, according to her custom, she had roused the handsome fellow's hopes by fiery glances which she could not restrain. [10]
The Greeks seem to have adopted this custom, but with their usual talent for beautifying all they touched, substituted a winged figure of death for the mummy. [10]
It was meant to give her a fair morning greeting, and--Do not let this vex you, for it was done only in the joyous game of love, as custom dictated. [10]
Would you expect to find in that awful Leper Settlement a custom worthy to be transplanted to your own country? [5]
If he is to be punished, it must be after the custom of the place. [11]
In antique Roman times it was the custom of the Deity to try to conceal His intentions in the entrails of birds, and this was patiently and hopefully continued century after century, although the attempted concealment never succeeded, in a single recorded instance. [5]
After passing the time of day, as was his custom, the patient freely discussed the motives which had led him to refuse any more of Victoria's fruit. [9]
The Romans imitated this custom by sending the larva, a statuette in the form of a skeleton, to make the round of the revellers. [10]
Rough Appenzelder regarded this as fortunate; Gombert thought it a matter of course because custom so ordained. [10]
A transgression of this ancient custom was very rare, and even though Wolff's heart was fired with love for Els Ortlieb, his father, Herr Vorchtel thought, should have refused his consent to the betrothal, especially as he had already treated Ursel as his future daughter. [10]
After that, the thing was custom; and custom is a petrifaction: nothing but dynamite can dislodge it for a century. [5]
I should think they were manufactured in the New York Custom House. [5]
When at length they had all departed, Jethro rose and went about the house making fast the doors, as was his custom, while Cynthia sat staring through the bars at the dying embers in the stove. [9]
And in doing these things the Government also compliments itself; it has not been the custom of the world for conquerors to act in this large spirit toward the conquered. [5]
Often, the less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it. [5]
I little knew, then, that the custom was to hunt out the richest piece of rock and get it assayed! [5]
Why, custom requires them to assume an air of grief and to shed tears. [10]
What had roused their suspicion he did not know: probably a hesitation concerning some Arab custom or the pronunciation of some Arab word--the timbre of the Arab voice was rougher and heavier. [11]
But, according to the sacred custom, he only asked for a bowl of water, drank it, said "Allah! [11]
One would expect the priests and the soldiers to multiply the river's dimensions by ten--the Spanish custom of the day-- and thus move other adventurers to go at once and explore it. [5]
This contest of the poets was an old custom with them. [4]
As I understand the matter, it is the custom of your railroad to send these passes to the young lawyers of the State the moment they begin to give signs of ability. [9]
I appeal to the law of Jersey which is the Custom of Normandy. [11]
According to custom, the hair and beard of the father who had lost his first-born son had been shaven. [10]
But custom and the fixed order are stronger than the most enthusiastic and rebellious young lady, as Ruth very soon found. [5]
Bagration appeared in the doorway of the anteroom without hat or sword, which, in accord with the Club custom, he had given up to the hall porter. [2]
Hosea, to whom the custom was perfectly familiar, did the same and, like the rest, lowered his tones. [10]
But it is the custom of the place for political errors to be punished by a hidden hand; we do not call it murder. [11]
And it is the custom of men of war who have been wounded to make such offering there. [5]
I spoke of the custom of advertising the deaths. [4]
It was then the custom for ladies to spend the day with one another, bringing their sewing; and sometimes, when I unexpectedly entered the sitting-room, the voices of my mother's visitors would drop to a whisper. [9]
It was not the custom for elderly people to mar the picnics with their presence. [5]
Melissa had supposed that, according to custom, the litter would be carried up the incline or the steps, and into the Serapeum by the great door; but in consequence of the emperor's visit this could not be. [10]
It may be that you have discovered, before this, that the rigors of military law and custom melt insensibly away and disappear when a soldier or a regiment or the garrison wants to do something that will please Cathy. [5]
Mr. Spence admitted that there was something cosey about the custom, when it was well done. [9]
I had heard that such was the custom of great mountains in other parts of the world. [5]
In the barracks that morning a gazetted notice was posted, announcing, with such technical language as is the custom, that Sergeant Fones was promoted to be a lieutenant in the Mounted Police Force of the North West Territory. [11]
Have you forgotten, that in our country it is the custom never to appear unadorned before the king? [10]
However, the universal testimony of those best qualified to judge, is conclusive that this custom has for many years been almost extinct. [1]
New claims were taken up daily, and it was the friendly custom to run straight to the newspaper offices, give the reporter forty or fifty "feet," and get them to go and examine the mine and publish a notice of it. [5]
I used to take it in my coffee, but it settled to the bottom in the form of mud, and I had to eat it with a spoon; so I dropped the custom and took my 2 teaspoonfuls in cold milk after breakfast. [5]
Yet, as her sympathies were, to some extent, rationalised by stern fact and everlasting custom, her opposition to some things became more active and more fervid. [11]
People, to be sure, have different conceptions of happiness, but whatever they are, it is the custom, almost universal, to postpone the thing itself. [4]
There is no such law or custom as that to which his Honor is supposed to have referred; Judge O'Shaunnessy would not probably pay any attention to it if there were. [5]
Afternoon tea was still rather a new custom with us, more of a ceremony than a meal; and as Nancy handed me my cup and the thinnest of slices of bread and butter I found the intimacy of the situation a little disquieting. [9]
The news had spread among the praetorians and the Macedonian legions, that the emperor, who, contrary to his custom, had not shown himself for two days, was seriously ill, and at the point of death. [10]
Doris shared her son's breakfast but, contrary to her usual custom, she spoke very little, only she frequently passed her hand over her son's curly hair. [10]
I have kept silence for the reason that I supposed it was peculiarly proper that I should do so until the time came when, according to the custom of the country, I could speak officially. [7]
So if you share my wish to form a brotherhood, walk with me, according to the custom of our fathers, between the halves of this slaughtered animal. [10]
This caused much scandal in Rome, though it was an old custom of the house of Ptolemy, and suited the Egyptians. [10]
But I may say that this book was gravely important to me, because it was to test all my capacity for writing a novel with an historical background, and, as it were, in the custom of a bygone time. [11]
I believe a salaried taster has to taste everything before the prince ventures it--an ancient and judicious custom in the East, and has thinned out the tasters a good deal, for of course it is the cook that puts the poison in. [5]
By the iron rule of ancient custom, if she should now choose to live she could never return to her family. [5]
According to the royal custom, the remains had lain in state at the palace thirty days, watched day and night by a guard of honor. [5]
After tea, she returned from the study to her own sitting-room, as was her custom, leaving her father and his curate together. [14]
They are the result of the same cause in both cases: the possessor's old and inbred custom of regarding himself as a superior being. [5]
The main gold reef runs about north and south--of course for that is the custom of a rich gold reef. [5]
They themselves wore red tarbooshes, as did the Prince; yet all of them knew that the European custom of showing respect was by doffing the hat. [11]
I have been reading "The Bell Buoy" and "The Old Men" over and over again--my custom with Kipling's work-and saving up the rest for other leisurely and luxurious meals. [5]
Dismounting he looked quickly round, then drew the reins over the horse's head, letting them trail, as is the custom of the West. [11]
The young gentleman probably came from some foreign country; it was the custom to wear hats in Madrid. [10]
It is the pope's custom to give this away when the ceremony is over. [4]
It has a plan of its own; and that plan is, to find justice for both State and accused, no matter what happens to be practice and custom in Europe or anywhere else. [5]
We saw rude piles of stones standing near the roadside, at intervals, and recognized the custom of marking boundaries which obtained in Jacob's time. [5]
He designed the piers of Leghorn and the custom house regulations of Civita Vecchia. [5]
Contentment with the past, or the cold conventionality of custom, may no longer shut the door on science; though empires fall, "He whose right it is shall reign. [5]
She says this park would make a tidy summer resort, if there was any custom for it. [5]
At length came one day when Mr. Crewe pulled up in front of the grocery store and called, as his custom was, loudly for Mr. Ball. [9]
He who has once loved thee, can never love another: I know it is the custom in my country to have many wives, but this is only allowed; there is no law to enjoin it. [10]
He is an old man, and in Rome, they say, it is the custom to sleep late. [10]
Faithful to the old custom, she would continue to call him "Hosea. [10]
Andrew Carnegie, learning of this custom, made it his business to supply Scotch of his own special importation. [5]
He was cock of that walk, hero of that hostelry; he drew custom as honey draws flies; so he was the pet of the innkeeper, and of his wife and daughter, and they were his obliged and willing servants. [5]
Thus the custom of society establishes the charge of immorality upon the technical defect. [11]
But the custom of planting it in the front yard with the shrubbery is fast going out of vogue, for it is now generally conceded that, the pumpkin as a shade tree is a failure. [5]
Desires a continuance of my custom! [5]
At the close of his visit, she followed him into the entry with a lamp, as was her common custom. [6]
On the day of her betrothal she had rushed into his arms with a warm and grateful heart, and he had kissed her, as custom dictated; but it was done in a strange way--his thin, well-cut lips had barely brushed her brow. [10]

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