How to Use custom in a Sentence
- It took us a long time to clear customs at the border.
- It is the custom for the bride to wear a white dress on her wedding day.
- It's a matter of custom.
- We went through customs at the airport without any difficulty.
- According to custom, the festivities begin at dusk.
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The song is a boot scoot, so a custom dance just made sense.
— Naaman Zhou, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023 -
And that means doing away with the silly custom of leaving the shell on the shrimp.
— Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2023 -
Walk in and pick up a treat, or preorder a custom cake for a special event.
— Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 8 Jan. 2024 -
All of the beds were custom made and finished with curtains from Chelsea Textiles.
— Jessica Cherner, House Beautiful, 28 Aug. 2023 -
Rinse the day away with a rainfall shower head in a custom tile shower and enjoy (the) night with plush beds.
— Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 13 Apr. 2024 -
The Barista Touch is designed for the home barista who wants to program in their own custom drinks and access them at the touch of a button.
— Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 28 Nov. 2023 -
Sigler partnered with The Shade Store, which makes custom drapes, blinds and shades, to create her airy curtains.
— Hannah Chubb, Peoplemag, 20 June 2023 -
Trump will dip into the issues here and there as custom requires.
— Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 28 Aug. 2023 -
Rose had two custom wigs in different lengths made for him.
— Kirbie Johnson, Allure, 22 Dec. 2023 -
Pop any of these gems into your personal playlists — or scroll to the end of the post for a custom playlist of our favorite cool pop songs of this year.
— Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2023 -
Get the look: For an upscale window box (like the one above), have one custom made from rot-resistant wood, such as cedar.
— Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 16 June 2023 -
Her custom minidress from Coach was covered in black sequins and featured long sleeves and a turtleneck.
— Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 29 Sep. 2023 -
Per custom, Story will treat the locker room to a postgame meal before leaving.
— Greg McKenna, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2023 -
In the pics, the cousins smile big, exchange a hug and wrap their arms around each other — all while sporting some custom family merch!
— Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 22 July 2023 -
The bottoms have the same scrunched-ruching style as the Twist Front Top and feature side ties with gold accents that hang near your hips to provide a custom fit.
— Lauren Fischer, Peoplemag, 29 May 2023 -
If that's the case, consider having a custom piece designed.
— Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 23 Feb. 2024 -
The centerpiece was this ceremony gown by Karen Sabag, custom made with buttons along the back and a high slit.
— Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 5 June 2023 -
The shop takes custom orders for events and special occasions.
— Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 12 July 2023 -
In the kitchen, where Di Capua’s husband cooks many of their meals, the oak cabinetry is custom, and the counters are in green terrazzo.
— Camille Okhio, ELLE Decor, 3 Aug. 2023 -
Emily Blunt wowed in a plunging custom Louis Vuitton dress.
— Maane Khatchatourian, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2024 -
Ferrera wore a custom Dior Haute Couture black wool and silk crepe dress with white organza sleeves.
— Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 25 Feb. 2024 -
There’s also no fee for canceling Room & Board items — even custom pieces.
— Leslie J. Thompson, Dallas News, 7 Sep. 2023 -
Similar to the King's Cake custom at Mardi Gras, there is often a small baby figurine inside one of the slices.
— Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Oct. 2023 -
On Etsy This barrel can be engraved with a name, initials, a special date, and even a custom logo.
— Amanda Ogle, Southern Living, 30 June 2023 -
Eyewear is a niche pocket in fashion that not many have delved into on a custom or even fashion level.
— Essence, 29 Mar. 2024
- The new kitchen will have custom cabinets.
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The rest of the family will get custom scarves and hats.
— Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2023 -
The Google map allows the user to play with a custom street view panorama of each stop on the tour.
— Adelaide Chen, OrlandoSentinel.com, 16 Oct. 2017 -
Tea, fruits, sweets, and new clothes and home supplies are custom as well.
— Leah Campano, Seventeen, 11 Jan. 2023 -
The prince dressed in full military attire, as is custom, for the event.
— Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 Mar. 2023 -
The travertine table is custom, the vintage chairs are by Afra and Tobia Scarpa, and the sconces are by Pinch.
— Catherine Hong, ELLE Decor, 20 Apr. 2023 -
The new wheelchair will be custom fit for Grace by Numotion and costs $4,040.
— Angela Shoemaker, The Courier-Journal, 14 Aug. 2017 -
In honor of the Atlanta Braves, custom artwork throughout the hotel come in shades of red, white and blue.
— Nancy Trejos, USA TODAY, 16 Feb. 2018 -
One of their custom two-wheelers is a model that Clark and Murphy called the Alchemy.
— Richard Chin, Star Tribune, 1 June 2021 -
The first 50 fans to head to cameo.com/koolaidman can submit a Cameo request from the red jug himself, and will get custom shout-outs from Kool-AidMan.
— Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 9 Aug. 2019 -
These need to be custom fit and will prevent wind from blowing water around the windows of your home.
— Abigail Abrams, Time, 7 Sep. 2017 -
The estate is fitted with a smart home system and has custom light fixtures.
— Ebony Day, azcentral, 22 July 2019 -
The island in the kitchen is brass, the cabinetry is cerused oak, the countertops are marble, and the light fixtures are custom.
— Celia Barbour, ELLE Decor, 14 Mar. 2023 -
Custom friends lists are great for cutting down on News Feed clutter.
— David Nield, Popular Mechanics, 23 Mar. 2017 -
The estate sports an open timber truss design and is topped with a custom Italian slate roof.
— Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 3 Sep. 2023 -
The lot came with removable, chromed, double back bar beer taps, and a custom wooden shelf.
— Brittany Bowker, BostonGlobe.com, 5 June 2023 -
This could occur in many different ways, one of which is custom.
— J. Joel Alicea, National Review, 30 Aug. 2023 -
Those who reach its top tiers will earn custom character skins, which...
— Hayden Dingman, PCWorld, 17 June 2019 -
Thirty lots will be custom hillside homes with sea views, with land starting at $60 a square foot.
— New York Times, 10 Mar. 2021 -
When asked what makes the home special, Penney points out the two kitchens fitted with custom Amish cabinetry and a new walk-in pantry.
— cleveland, 2 Apr. 2021 -
Every bathroom in the home has custom mosaic floors and fittings by Kohler and Lefroy Brooks.
— Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 19 Sep. 2022 -
As far as the furniture goes, 95 percent of the furnishings are custom.
— Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 10 Apr. 2023 -
Privateer could launch its own, custom Pono satellites in the years to come as needed, to fill in any blind spots, Fielding said.
— Jackie Wattles, CNN, 1 Mar. 2022 -
In fact, a couple of employees have sewed custom masks for staff members.
— John Benson, cleveland, 4 May 2020 -
Every bathing suit and camp shirt was handmade and silk screened and completely custom.
— Time, 27 June 2023 -
Brown wore custom Louis Vuitton silk Taffeta coat dress and pants on Sunday.
— Jodi Guglielmi, PEOPLE.com, 19 Jan. 2020 -
After brunch or before dinner, take one of the custom Emeline bikes out for a spin around the neighborhood.
— Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2023 -
No room was an afterthought— even the mudroom off the kitchen features custom Spanish tile.
— Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 15 Jan. 2024 -
While custom styles in wild materials can raise the price, the most popular strap is a classic, plain black.
— Michelle Pemberton, Indianapolis Star, 7 Feb. 2020 -
The goal is to take the pain out of AI coding, and instead train custom vision models through an image recognition tool.
— Dami Lee, The Verge, 2 Apr. 2018
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