ROUTINE in a Sentence

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63 example sentences for ROUTINE, such as:

1. All else was to him only life's customary routine.
2. It was the routine but indispensable ceremonies of state.
3. Kennicott was as fixed in routine as an isolated old man.
4. The operation to transplant a kidney is now fairly routine.
5. All adult dogs are routinely wormed at least every six months.

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 Meanings and Examples of ROUTINE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
routine
 n.  unvarying or habitual method of procedure; occurring at fixed times or predictable intervals
Classic Sentence: (30 in 3 pages)
1  But when the weeks crawled by and Ashley did not come or any news of him, Tara settled back into its old routine.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
2  Fifth Avenue had become a nightly torrent of carriages surging upward to the fashionable quarters about the Park, where illuminated windows and outspread awnings betokened the usual routine of hospitality.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 11
3  If one were not a part of the season's fixed routine, one swung unsphered in a void of social non-existence.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 8
4  She was not, she worried, strong enough to endure the routine, and she could not picture herself standing before grinning children and pretending to be wise and decisive.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
5  Carol wondered why Guy Pollock went on digging at routine law-cases; why he remained in Gopher Prairie.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
6  Kennicott was as fixed in routine as an isolated old man.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
7  She discovered that in the afternoon, office routine stretches to the grave.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
8  Because you told me yourself that you are only dull when your regular routine is broken in upon.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
9  The old man made a departure from his usual routine in honor of his son's arrival: he gave orders to admit him to his apartments while he dressed for dinner.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXVI
10  The old prince, not altering his routine, retired as usual after dinner.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXVIII
11  Natasha was evidently pleased to be dealing with new people outside the ordinary routine of her life.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER XIII
12  All else was to him only life's customary routine.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 13: CHAPTER XVII
13  To such customary routine belonged his conversations with the staff, the letters he wrote from Tarutino to Madame de Stael, the reading of novels, the distribution of awards, his correspondence with Petersburg, and so on.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 13: CHAPTER XVII
14  The rest of the year life pursued its unbroken routine with its ordinary occupations, and its breakfasts, lunches, dinners, and suppers, provided out of the produce of the estate.
War and Peace 6 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 16: CHAPTER VIII
15  The Consul is away, and the Vice-Consul sick; so the routine work has been attended to by a clerk.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
Example Sentence: (33 in 3 pages)
16  I arrive at nine o'clock, teach until twelve thirty and then have a meal; that is my morning routine.
17  The operation to transplant a kidney is now fairly routine.
18  The security men changed their usual routine and collected the money at a different time.
19  Richard did not deviate from his daily routine: every day he set off for work at eight o'clock, had his sack lunch at 12:15, and headed home at the stroke of five.
20  It was the routine but indispensable ceremonies of state.
21  I believe she was happy in her way: this routine sufficed for her.
22  The goal we found out is to translate a fancy routine story into a simple routine with the same story in syllabus steps.
23  John and Lisa's skills are complementary; he's good at following a daily routine, while she's great at handling emergencies.
24  The monotonous routine of hospital life induced a feeling of ennui that made him moody and irritable.
25  In general, reliability is the ability of a system to perform its functions in routine circumstances, as well as hostile or unexpected circumstances.
26  The teacher suggested the tall pupil as monitor to assist in routine duties.
27  All adult dogs are routinely wormed at least every six months.
28  Faceless, unqualified reviewers define our work, remove our colleagues from panels and routinely breach confidentiality.
29  Vitamin K is routinely given in the first week of life to prevent bleeding.
30  Unions and Democrats are routinely found, again and again, to be embezzling massive amounts of money, with barely a whisper from the media.