We customarily tip a waitperson fifteen percent after a meal in a restaurant. From LearnThat.org.
Children are customarily expected to be seen but not heard. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
However, it is the term customarily applied to the above-defined function of the soil solution. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 9] Reference
The last is called extrasensory perception, a phrase customarily abbreviated as ESP. From Wordnik.com. [The Human Brain]
It was the usual sort of late-afternoon call customarily exchanged by country neighbors. From Wordnik.com. [The Cream of the Jest: A Comedy of Evasions] Reference
Yes, it was much the usual sort of late-afternoon call customarily exchanged by country neighbors. From Wordnik.com. [The Cream of the Jest: A Comedy of Evasions] Reference
The Clinton Justice Department told the media he was neither a "target" nor a "suspect" - terms customarily used by law enforcement. From Wordnik.com. [Memo To Obama And McCain: Add To Your Do-Do List] Reference
The Clinton Justice Department told the media he was neither a "target" nor a "suspect" -- terms customarily used by law enforcement. From Wordnik.com. [William Fisher: Memo To Obama And McCain: Add To Your To-Do List] Reference
I say "customarily" for the reason that these votes were not absolutely imperishable, since insanity could suspend them. From Wordnik.com. [The Curious Republic of Gondour, and Other Whimsical Sketches] Reference
The termites did not customarily follow these practises. From Wordnik.com. [The Raid on the Termites] Reference
Æsthetic approval thus becomes approval of the customarily recognized. From Wordnik.com. [Human Traits and their Social Significance] Reference
A little less volume of packing material than of nuts is customarily used. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 4, 5, 1946] Reference
It suggested that she customarily mislaid it, and recaptured only an echo. From Wordnik.com. [The Nest Builder] Reference
She slept heavily customarily but to-night her rest was fitful and troubled. From Wordnik.com. [The Governess] Reference
Officers and senior Marines customarily let the younger Marines eat first. From Wordnik.com. [‘You Can’t Feel Sorry for Yourself’] Reference
Then Putin cleared his mouth and delivered one of his customarily thorough answers. From Wordnik.com. [Putin's Pragmatism] Reference
Transactions logged on those dates would customarily close three days later, on Jan. 1, 2000. From Wordnik.com. [A Pop Quiz For Wall Street] Reference
Many persons on the approach of a thunderstorm customarily relieve themselves of these things. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science] Reference
Mr. Haynes looked customarily sharp in wraparound sunglasses one recent afternoon in Manhattan. From Wordnik.com. [Families That Play Together . . .] Reference
Unlike me, they'd been to Mr. and Mrs. Logan's before — maybe dinner was customarily at eight. From Wordnik.com. [Yellow Dining Room] Reference
Impatience flared in Xu's eyes but then she steadied and gave me her customarily unperturbed smile. From Wordnik.com. [Neophyte and Paradox] Reference
German physician, from whom they customarily got a look that betrayed his hate of the American uniform. From Wordnik.com. [Army Boys on German Soil Our Doughboys Quelling the Mobs] Reference
So he was customarily compelled to leave them on the floor, while he modulated his own quickening pulse. From Wordnik.com. [Deadheading] Reference
Three Monmouth caps, customarily worn by soldiers and sailors of the period, were among his possessions. From Wordnik.com. [Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century] Reference
Operatives and VIPs passed through, and former top spies say Foggo was customarily on hand to greet them. From Wordnik.com. [Investigation: The CIA's No. 3 Has a Friend in the Spotlight] Reference
Japchae, stir-fried glass noodles with vegetables, eggs and meat, is customarily served in a heap on a dish. From Wordnik.com. [Seoul Food] Reference
It is conducting the agitation in language which in Germany is customarily used only by a 'red revolutionist.'. From Wordnik.com. [Socialism As It Is A Survey of The World-Wide Revolutionary Movement] Reference
Deacon Rose, the evening preceding the Sabbath was customarily devoted to family instruction and religious worship. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919] Reference
Even the amicable assurances which customarily pass between the statesmen of two nations seem to have been dropped. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864] Reference
Jews are customarily buried within 24 hours of death, but the funeral was postponed to allow world leaders to attend. From Wordnik.com. [Can Peace Survive?] Reference
"This is indeed a far-fetched tale," mused a deeply frowning Borla in his customarily heavy, foreboding tone of voice. From Wordnik.com. [Si'Wren of the Patriarchs] Reference
What France lacked in cavalry was customarily supplied by the Reiters, whose services were easily purchased in Germany. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2)] Reference
It came in the mail along with the card -- illustrated with a work of art -- that customarily announces art exhibitions. From Wordnik.com. [Bad Publicity] Reference
But America required certain articles customarily imported and necessity now forced her to develop her own manufactures. From Wordnik.com. [Great Britain and the American Civil War] Reference
My neighbor pointed out this morning that customarily, readers react to blog material with their heads, not their hearts. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Cara Barker: Love Is Not a Spectator Sport] Reference
Colonies of stink bugs have chewed their way up from their customarily toasty Mediterranean habitat to London neighborhoods. From Wordnik.com. [Winners And Losers] Reference
As he stood in the sweltering sun listening to the president's address, the customarily crisp Powell turned damp and rumpled. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
During the recession, Congress added up to 73 extra weeks of benefits on top of the 26 weeks customarily provided by the states. From Wordnik.com. [New Unemployment Claims SURGE, Hit Highest Level Since November 2009] Reference
The captain customarily gives "carry on" at once through the executive officer or master-at-arms who accompanies him to his seat. From Wordnik.com. [The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2] Reference
But notwithstanding it seems so apparent that what is customarily called reason is the distinguishing endowment which makes man the. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 31, May, 1860] Reference
The noble and wise Sarastro, customarily a bit standoffish, here exudes avuncular warmth as he sits in the garden chatting up Pamina. From Wordnik.com. [Rodney Punt: Magic Flute at Santa Fe Opera] Reference
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