How to Use customary in a Sentence

customary

adjective
  • It is customary to hold the door open for someone who is entering a building behind you.
  • She dressed in her customary fashion.
  • He did the work with his customary efficiency.
  • And as is customary for such bikes, there are no front brakes.
    — New Atlas, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Ohtani will be pitching on five days of rest rather than his customary six (or more).
    — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Oh, and don’t forget the customary grip socks.
    — India Roby, Glamour, 4 June 2026
  • Nor was he sworn in by the district’s chief judge, which has been customary for decades.
    — Jay Weaver august 13, Miami Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Eight teams that once would have been in the customary bracket would now face eight new at-large teams.
    — Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Tokarczuk beamed up at him from her customary seat in the middle of the front row.
    — Ruth Franklin, The New Yorker, 29 July 2019
  • In curling, a rink is a team of four players, as is customary).
    — Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 8 Feb. 2026
  • There is, of course, a generous dose of your customary irony in the film.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 27 Aug. 2025
  • As is customary with the show, each cast portrays their roles for two seasons.
    — ELLE, 2 Sep. 2022
  • As is customary, the first of the month marks the release of dozens of classic films.
    — Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2025
  • Free agency and the draft are customary avenues through which to achieve that.
    — Michael Gehlken, Dallas News, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Who wouldn’t rather eat sweet juicy hostas when boring dry acorns are the usual and customary fare?
    — Beth Segal, cleveland, 13 Aug. 2020
  • The joyride ended with a customary burnout, as the rising star closed his big day in a cloud of smoke.
    — Time, 9 June 2026
  • The bar is open for just two hours each day, during the customary apres-hours of 3 to 5pm.
    — Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • As the year comes to an end, the customary flow of economic outlooks is in full swing.
    — Paul Swartz, Fortune, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Each of those players has had a customary role among the top five hitters most of the season.
    — Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 11 June 2021
  • Jara beckons us from his door with a broad smile and his boina cap off, as is customary when gauchos share a meal.
    — Dan Sadgrove, National Geographic, 6 Apr. 2020
  • As is customary in times of crisis like this, the president weighed in.
    — Graeme McMillan, WIRED, 18 Aug. 2019
  • The Trumps were treated to the customary display of pomp and grandeur.
    — Isaac Bickerstaff, Glamour, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The chocolate is made on the continent — which is a shift from what’s customary.
    — Ann Trieger Kurland, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Jan. 2021
  • And then, as is customary to say at this point in this kind of story, there is Amazon.
    — Adam Rogers, WIRED, 2 Apr. 2018
  • At one point, Hansen said, people aboard the two boats traded the customary waves.
    — Ethan Wolin updated July 4, Sacbee.com, 4 July 2025
  • The region's customary much warmer weather lies ahead for Texas next week.
    — Editors, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2021
  • When fans let out the customary cheer to mark the beginning of the match, the teams were still standing still.
    — Brett Martell, BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2018
  • And even though much of the chit-chat has been pre-planned, as is customary with talk shows, Singh is still witty.
    — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2019
  • As is customary on the show, actors are not told their full storylines at the start of the season.
    — Joyce Eng, Entertainment Weekly, 11 June 2026
  • In Japan, tipping is not customary at omakase counters.
    — Lauren Schuster, Sacbee.com, 29 Apr. 2026

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