ROUTINE in a Sentence

Learn ROUTINE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
63 example sentences for ROUTINE, such as:
1. His daily routine is absolutely sacred to him.
2. I spent the afternoon doing routine paperwork.
3. All else was to him only life's customary routine.
4. You will need to have a routine biannual examination.
5. We clean and repair the machines as a matter of routine.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of ROUTINE
routine
 n.  a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program
 a.  found in the ordinary course of events
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 Mitchell
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)
1  His daily routine is absolutely sacred to him.
2  As a matter of routine, the sheriff's office there had been notified of the change of address.
3  I spent the afternoon doing routine paperwork.
4  We are trying to get the baby into a routine for feeding and sleeping.
5  Try to fit some regular exercise into your daily routine.
6  The cinema provided a welcome diversion from camp routine.
7  They found invasive cancer during a routine examination.
8  The players had to change their daily routine and lifestyle.
9  She found it difficult to establish a new routine after retirement.
10  The routine office work had all been delegated to his executive staff.
11  She had decided she must go on as usual, follow her normal routine, and hope and pray.
12  We clean and repair the machines as a matter of routine.
13  Apart from the low altitude bombing, the mission was considered routine.
14  You will need to have a routine biannual examination.
15  The network will be down for an hour for routine maintenance.