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How to use the word HABITS in a Sentence? Page #4

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In Eastern Orthodoxy, for example, the fasting rules are pretty elaborate -- no milk, no eggs, no meat, no fish with blood systems, and sometimes no leavened bread, even though the foods for Lent are really wonderful and tasty, they still remind you that you are in the middle of a fasting period and therefore, your eating habits continually reinforce the spiritual disciplines you're supposed to be working through.

Richard Valantasis

Found on CNN
7 years ago

These eating habits were formed a longtime ago, if you grew up around someone who didn’t cook - or didn’t have the time, space or money to cook - than you would lack the taste for certain foods.

Jessie Handbury

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

These food deals come up during every election cycle but certainly this election has put a spotlight on all of our voting habits and election rules, perhaps people are more focused on this law now due to the intensity of this particular presidential race.

Jonathan Brater

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

I would say, beyond a reasonable certainty, based on what the media has published about the exclusivity of where the crime took place, that this is an inside job, that someone with intimate knowledge of both the Kardashian-Wests' habits as well as whatever security was involved at the mansion was directly responsible.

Michael Levine

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

As most of us know, reading on tablets, checking emails on phones, or watching late night TV are a chronic issue, and unfortunately become part of our pre-sleep habits, so while this study seems to argue a single exposure to a tablet does not have a major effect on sleep if one was also exposed to bright light beforehand, it does n’t really address what has become a common ritual for so many of us.

Ilia Karatsoreos

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

It's not all going to change overnight, getting rid of bad habits takes a little bit of time and investment takes a little bit of time to take hold and begin to create momentum.

Buenos Aires Kerry

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Parents ca n’t change their genes, but they can instill good habits in their children, like when they should go to sleep and what foods they should eat.

Dennis Styne

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

The very first thing I do is go to the kitchen to grab some coffee. But after that, I start my day with two habits: meditation and exercise, i need strength in mind and body to be able to go do everything else my day requires, so I focus on self care. It’s like putting on my own oxygen mask. I know if I take care of myself then I’ll be able to take better care of everyone else.

Jessica Dilullo Herrin

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

It’s a piece of the puzzle on how to treat and manage obesity, but you can slip back into your bad habits, that’s why surgery follow up is vital to treatment success.

Amir Ghaferi

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Nothing more indicates those tastes and habits which go so far towards both making and showing the character — as a person's sitting-room.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon

added by Madeleine Quinn
8 years ago

People in Africa are very reluctant to change their habits, but soap is present in most homes, and is used for bathing, cleaning the house and washing clothes.

Franck Langevin

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

That wasn't much money, but it got me focused on two essential habits: putting your own money away for the future and not thinking you can rely on a 401(k) or Social Security.

Scott Bowen

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Southeast Asia has a lot of overlap with China in terms of consumer habits, intra-regional trade and tastes, rocket in this case has managed to create a successful, multi-market player in a region which needs scale and breadth to be viable. This has obvious appeal to Alibaba.

Duncan Clark

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

He has certain habits that may have been appropriate at one time and are not appropriate now, he's gone from being an insurgent that people laughed at and a front-runner that people were amazed by to the potential nominee. That requires you to change your role as all this comes together.

Newt Gingrich

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It can lead to labeling their child as a ` bad sleeper ’ – and going forward, it could harm the development of independent sleep habits if the child internalizes the belief or if the parent’s belief results in reduced opportunities for the child to learn and practice healthy sleep habits.

Michelle Garrison

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

These assessments, which include measures of health related fitness in addition to height and weight, are shared with students and their families to spark conversations about eating habits and levels of physical activity needed for good health.

Toya Holness

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The only way to fight obesity is to address unhealthy habits in that child's home, i can guarantee that parents whose children's BMI falls into the category of obesity aren't losing sleep over it in the first place.

Laura Beyer

Found on CNN
8 years ago

In my opinion, it won't, let's face it. Those parents know their kids are not at a healthy weight, and seeing a BMI on a report card won't change habits. Will it lead to more exercise, or healthier eating at home? I'd bet money on 'no.' If they are not listening to their doctors or paying attention to news reports about the obesity epidemic, why would a number on a report card matter?

Kelli Arena

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Lucid’s project is a great example of how technology can be used to help protect the environment, giving office workers immediate feedback on their energy use can help them to change their habits for the better.

Jared Blumenfeld

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

A lot of life habits and choices they make as college students can affect them decades later.

Rita Effros

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Mothers with certain dietary habits and higher cholesterol levels tend to raise children with those same tendencies, another possibility is that cholesterol levels at the time of pregnancy influence long-term gene expression.

Marc Sabatine

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We know that habits are hard to suppress on their own, often the most effective way to unlearn a habit is to replace it with a new one.

Susan Courtney

Found on CNN
8 years ago

It is critical for health care providers to assess a woman’s drinking habits during routine medical visits; advise her not to drink at all if she is pregnant, trying to get pregnant or sexually active and not using birth control; and recommend services if she needs help to stop drinking.

Coleen Boyle

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Our best bet is to remove the breeding habitats, it's a lot harder to do than you would think. People don't want to change their habits.

Joseph Conlon

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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