Examples of 'inveterate' in a sentence

Meaning of "inveterate"

Inveterate is used to describe a habit or a feeling that is long-established and unlikely to change. It indicates a deep-rooted nature of something, often implying a negative connotation
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  • firmly established from having been around for a long time; of long standing
  • Having had a habit for a long time
  • Malignant; virulent; spiteful.
  • To fix and settle after a long time; to entrench.

How to use "inveterate" in a sentence

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Father is an inveterate gambler and loses vastly.
I am not what they call an inveterate traveler.
Khalilzad is an inveterate factionalist and a master of intrigue.
Schopenhauer is blinded by his feelings of inveterate misanthrope.
They tend to be inveterate learners and innovators.
Yellow teeth is a characteristic sign of an inveterate smoker.
She was an inveterate experimenter in these things.
All his life he had been an inveterate gambler.
I am the inveterate foe of every superstition.
You have my word as an inveterate cheat.
That inveterate scumbag has brainwashed both of them.
If you can call an inveterate gambler pure.
The inveterate gambler was heavily in debt.
Josh sees his sister as an inveterate drama queen.
We are inveterate jokers with each other.

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I did my best to convince them that you are an inveterate troublemaker.
Psychopaths are inveterate liars and deceivers.
Inveterate traveller and expert taster.
I have already been called an inveterate liar once today.
An inveterate gambler and worse still.
You truly are an inveterate liar.
Both were inveterate gamblers and had serious health problems.
But the devil is an inveterate liar.
They are inveterate coffee drinkers.
I am a practiced and inveterate liar.
He is an inveterate experimenter with techniques.
Zola was known to be an inveterate smoker.
Inveterate enemy to the memory and family of his predecessor.
Dwyer was an inveterate bicycle rider.
No one accuses him of a lie but the inveterate sinner.
And that they were inveterate voyagers and superb sailors.
It is possible that some of those who voted are inveterate nationalists.
And even an inveterate mansplainer can have a moment of clarity.
Elder was known as an inveterate prankster.
And inveterate liar.
Cao was recorded as an inveterate drinker.
The inveterate forger.
It is also this particularity which makes of the latter an inveterate offender.
Bob was an inveterate smoker.
Inveterate dancers will be spoiled for choice to soothe their dance fever.
She was also an inveterate shopper.
We are inveterate travelers and enthusiast of almost everything that works with gasoline.
John was an inveterate romantic.
To destroy the false you must question your most inveterate beliefs.
He was an inveterate letter writer.
They underestimated him because they did not know about his inveterate nature.
He was also an inveterate womaniser.
They are inveterate liars and they are addicted to the abduction of humans.
This legislation only shows how inveterate was the contrary custom.
Inveterate single is seen as not normal and improper social life within the community.

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