Examples of 'were not accustomed' in a sentence

Meaning of "were not accustomed"

were not accustomed: This phrase indicates that someone was not familiar or used to a particular situation, habit, or environment

How to use "were not accustomed" in a sentence

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were not accustomed
We were not accustomed to the northern climate.
This was something we were not accustomed to seeing.
We were not accustomed to dialoguing with them.
The secretaries of the convention were not accustomed to speaking in public.
They were not accustomed to being directed by men.
It was a severe winter and they were not accustomed to a bitter cold weather.
They were not accustomed to being in public gatherings.
Jesus was speaking to men who were not accustomed to handouts.
We were not accustomed to these quarters.
The togetherness of the black people was something they were not accustomed to.
Hence they were not accustomed to being handled.
We had to engage the big players on a scale that we were not accustomed to.
We were not accustomed to such bounty.
For my eyes sought him less where they were not accustomed to see him.
They simply were not accustomed to losing this type of case.

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The power lines and trees in our area were not accustomed to such things.
The crowds were not accustomed to someone speaking with this kind of authority.
They were also suffering from the Mediterranean heat to which they were not accustomed.
They were not accustomed to having other animals share their food quite so readily.
The people of Turkey were not accustomed to shaking hands.
We were not accustomed to their food, nor to their manners.
Many Nicaraguans did not ask for contraceptives because they were not accustomed to using them.
And Americans were not accustomed to think of people attacking them on their own shores.
The first requirement was to learn team work, to which the supervisors were not accustomed.
The British regulars were not accustomed to frontier warfare and so Ranger companies were developed.
On the negative side, this meant that these units were not accustomed to working together.
So they were not accustomed to this, to defeat.
Voyager 1 delivered to us a view of Earth we were not accustomed to.
Oriental kings were not accustomed to people disobeying their orders!
His lifestyle shocked the Nigerian Catholics, who were not accustomed to this kind of priest.
We were not accustomed to having options, and it was difficult for us to choose.
She didn't want the help of others who were not accustomed to her children's needs.
Audiences were not accustomed to springboard, jack-in-the-box pop-up scares in those days.
Look, I have got a present! We were not accustomed to such bounty.
Homes, and they were not accustomed to eating in the homes of.
Americans simply were not accustomed to coming out second best in fighter-versus-fighter combat.
However, the new immigrants were not accustomed to the local climate and many fell ill.
The soldiers of von Paulus were not accustomed to fight body-the-body in bombed cities.
However, many people were not accustomed to the new style that Beethoven presented.

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