Sentence example with the word 'inveterate'

inveterate

abiding, continuing, diuturnal, fast, hoary, ingrained, long-lived, on a rock, recognized, thorough, vital

Last update: April 10, 2017


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All the evidence points to him being an inveterate gambler, who throws the dice on every possible occasion.   [adverb]

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Because Janet was an inveterate traveler, it seemed as though she lived at the airport.   [adjective]

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She is an inveterate musician.   [adjective]

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His inveterated behaviour brought his downfall.   [adjective]

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He passed the groups of dead with a steadiness of purpose, and an eye so calm, that nothing but long and inveterate practise could enable him to maintain.   [adjective]

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My temper is not quite so inflexible, nor my hate against government so inveterate, as to blind me to the full danger of the attempt.   [adjective]

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It revived my utmost indignation to find that she was still pursued by this fellow, and I felt inveterate against him.   [adjective]

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"It might be explained by our inveterate impracticality."   [Please select]

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He had the instinctive secretiveness of the inveterate criminal.   [Please select]

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Jack smoked too, but he was not so inveterate as Peterkin.   [Please select]

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