Habit

Bolton’s barrister said his client had ditched a gambling habit only to go on to acquire a £1,500 weekly drug habit.

We must get into the habit of reading to find it easier and more fun to do; but we also can’t get started on the habit if we find it hard to read in the first place.

You can only replace a habit with another habit.

You have to examine the life that you're leading and the way you got into the habit and into what probably was the destructive part of that habit.

Monday morning, I rose early (around 5 a.m., unfortunately — a habit I wish I could shake.) I had a strong double espresso, the kind that makes your eyeballs spin, and checked my phone, another habit I wish I could shake.

Remember, the prerequisite for changing a small or big negative habit is being aware of the fact that this habit doesn’t belong to your excellence attitude.

Winning is also a habit and we have developed that habit.

Cambridge University Press. p. 173 Gurney stated that Young "retained a good deal of his old creed, and carried to his scriptural studies his habit of inquisition of languages and manners," rather than the habit of proselytism.

In this case, the action (sitting on command) will have become a force of habit, and breaking such a habit would result in mental discomfort.

Prior to the novel, evening wear for men could be of any colour, but the upper class quickly adopted the habit of using black evening wear only, a habit that is still dominant, just as the characters in Pelham.

The three parameters are not independent of each other; many co-classifications are absent, for reasons pertaining to the lack of either habit-taking or singular reaction in a quality, and the lack of habit-taking in a singular reaction.

While the state and habit of sloth is a mortal sin, the habit of the soul tending towards the last mortal state of sloth is not mortal in and of itself except under certain circumstances.

According to her, the team has always made a habit of visiting the Blackstonedge area and is pleased with the support.

A crucial part of oral health, flossing is also the least practiced habit across the board.

A fitness fanatic needed some of his previously 'healthy' lung hacked off at the age of just 20 after horrifying photos revealed it riddled with black spots - which he blames on his 'morning to night' vaping habit.

A habit of straight talking is often regarded as characteristic too.

A jury has retired to consider its verdicts in the trial of a former MP accused of making fraudulent expense claims to fund a cocaine habit.

Al Ali added that MoHAP has launched several initiatives to raise public awareness of smoking’s dangers and encourage individuals to abandon this harmful habit.

Although sometimes as stated above, he does tend to whiff, this is a habit that can be broken.

And while it can be seen as admirable — to be so committed and engaged with work that you make it work even when you’re sick — that view can be short-sighted, especially if you make it a habit.