adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a habitual/chronic/inveterate liar formal (= who lies a lot )
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Drug users are often habitual liars trying to cover up their addiction.
habitual criminals (= criminals who commit crimes repeatedly )
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The new law will ensure that habitual criminals receive tougher punishments than first-time offenders.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
drinker
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Johnstone has confronted his fall from grace with the kind of honest self-awareness that is rare in habitual drinkers .
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Many habitual drinkers of caffeine-containing beverages find that they must increase their dose to achieve the preferred degree of stimulation.
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Blood alcohol levels rise at pretty much the same rate in infrequent and habitual drinkers .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Ingrained attitudes and habitual ways of thinking are very difficult to change.
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It is estimated that as many as half the young men in the community are habitual drug users.
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Many of the prisoners are habitual liars.
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My father was a habitual gambler, until my mother packed her bags and threatened to leave.
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Tony's habitual laziness became even more extreme in winter, and he would sometimes stay in bed until mid afternoon.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Even close friends considered him a habitual liar.
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He watched her intently as she per-formed this habitual act-then climbed into her lap and let her hold him.
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It comes easy to the habitual vagrant; it is well-nigh impossible to the inexperienced.
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She had applied more make-up than usual but with her habitual restraint.
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Soon you will find that you are taking more time to act, instead of reacting with an habitual response.
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The habitual violence of the time was tamed somewhat when the Shoguns settled in Kyoto, from 1393 to 1576.
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What does seem more difficult to believe, however, is that the practice of carrying firearms was habitual among Hooligans.