CUSTOMS in a Sentence

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383 example sentences for CUSTOMS, such as:
1. I adopt all customs, speak all languages.
2. Travel will acquaint us with new customs.
3. We had to fill out customs forms on the plane.
4. The customs official beckoned the woman to his counter.
5. He was arrested when customs officers found drugs in his bag.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of CUSTOMS
customs
 n.  money collected under a tariff
Classic Sentence: (188 in 13 pages)
1  She remembered, and tried to forget, and remembered more sharply the vulgar detail of her husband's having observed the ancient customs of the land by chewing tobacco.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
2  In ready-made clothes and ready-made high-school phrases they sank into propriety, and the sound American customs had absorbed without one trace of pollution another alien invasion.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
3  Think how much better you can criticize conventional customs if you yourself live up to them, scrupulously.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
4  The white man seemed to take counsel from their customs, and, relinquishing his grasp of the rifle, he also remained silent and reserved.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3
5  I'm an admirator of names, though the Christian fashions fall far below savage customs in this particular.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 6
6  An Indian never starts on such an expedition without smoking over his council-fire; and, though a man of white blood, I honor their customs in this particular, seeing that they are deliberate and wise.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 18
7  But the stern customs of his people had made too severe an exaction of the feeble old man.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 24
8  Huron," interrupted Uncas, who submissive to the stern customs of his people, had been an attentive and grave listener to all that passed; "Huron, the justice of the Delawares comes from the Manitou.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 30
9  A customs officer was laid low, and two sailors wounded; Dantes was one of the latter, a ball having touched him in the left shoulder.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22. The Smugglers.
10  The French way of living is utterly unknown to me, and up to the present time I have followed the Eastern customs, which are entirely in contrast to the Parisian.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 40. The Breakfast.
11  I adopt all customs, speak all languages.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 48. Ideology.
12  It is possible, Haidee, that so perfect a seclusion, though conformable with the habits and customs of the East, may not be practicable in Paris.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 49. Haidee.
13  Then he seemed quite inspired, though the burial customs of the ancients, to which the conversation had strayed, might not be considered an exhilarating topic.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
14  Of the inhabitants of Lilliput; their learning, laws, and customs; the manner of educating their children.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER VI.
15  This officer spoke to me in the language of Balnibarbi, which, by the force of much commerce, is generally understood in that town, especially by seamen and those employed in the customs.
Gulliver's Travels 2 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: CHAPTER IX.
Example Sentence: (195 in 14 pages)
1  He was arrested when customs officers found drugs in his bag.
2  They will campaign for the return of traditional lands and respect for aboriginal rights and customs.
3  Travel will acquaint us with new customs.
4  He must be a newcomer to town and he obviously didn't understand our local customs.
5  The customs official beckoned the woman to his counter.
6  They assimilated their customs and behavior to the new environment.
7  Customs officers have the right to check all luggage going through customs.
8  They have adopted local customs and tried to blend in with the community.
9  The whisky is inextricably woven into Scotland's history, customs and culture.
10  You will be able to take ten dozen bottles free of duty through customs.
11  Several customs officials have been accused of colluding with drug traffickers.
12  They assimilated their customs and behaviour to the new environment.
13  To complicate matters further , differences exist as regards legal systems, trade customs and language.
14  We had to fill out customs forms on the plane.
15  He had an unrivalled knowledge of south Arabian society, religion, law and customs.