How to Use routine in a Sentence

routine

1 of 2 noun
Definition of routinenext
Synonyms for routinenext
  • A brisk walk is part of her morning routine.
  • The job will be easier once you settle into a routine.
  • Grandma gets upset if we change her routine.
  • Longstanding habits and routines are scrapped as the sun and Uranus align.
    — USA TODAY, 9 May 2023
  • Think of these additions to your routine as changes for the better — no, the best!
    — Paige Stables, Allure, 1 Oct. 2023
  • At what age should a teenager start a skin care routine?
    — Jenn Barthole, Glamour, 17 Jan. 2024
  • The wind and rain may have impeded many parts of the area’s daily routine.
    — Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Late-night talk shows have been part of the national routine for decades.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Here, the best spa headbands to upgrade your at-home self-care routine.
    — Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 8 Aug. 2023
  • How to Brush a Toddler’s Teeth Getting a routine down is key.
    — Jessica Booth, Parents, 10 Mar. 2024
  • Just like our skin, our scalp requires a healthy routine.
    — Celeste Polanco, Essence, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Add the hip thrust to your workouts while still doing deadlifts as part of your routine.
    — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 17 July 2023
  • Zelensky grabs his crotch like Michael Jackson and borrows the mime-in-a-box routine from Bip the Clown.
    — Simon Shuster, TIME, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Pam craves adventure and dreams of life beyond the pond routines.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Set to an upbeat tune in the key of Kander and Ebb, the song climaxes in a dance routine with trash can lids for tap shoes.
    — Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2023
  • That and the eye gels—that’s usually my morning routine.
    — Lindy Segal, Glamour, 26 July 2023
  • And a slice of toast with almond butter. Tell us about your workout routine.
    — Fortune Editors, Fortune Well, 13 May 2023
  • This gift is great for the coffee or tea lover in your life—this set will complete their drink-making routine.
    — Enjanae' Taylor, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2023
  • If the answer is no, making small adjustments to your routine can go a long way.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • For 37-year-old mom of two Jaclyn Walker, back-to-school routines have come back into full swing.
    — Lizann Robinson, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Part of my routine includes trying to squeeze in a nap on most afternoons.
    — Mayo Clinic News Network, Anchorage Daily News, 17 July 2023
  • Before using it in your skincare routine, test it on a patch of skin to see how your skin reacts.
    — Jillian Brewster, Redbook, 17 Aug. 2023
  • But see, Cold Crush came with so many routines and different rhymes, that began to change things.
    — Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 17 Nov. 2023
  • The exercise is very scalable, making is a great pick for anyone to add to their routine, Sung says.
    — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Some examples: Add front squats to your routine and target your quads, and do back squats to work your glutes and hamstrings more.
    — Women's Health, 1 June 2023
  • The unfamiliar people and routines can be scary for them.
    — Pamela Kruger, Parents, 18 Dec. 2023
  • The singer, 35, offered a look at her in-flight travel routine in a post shared on Instagram Wednesday.
    — Nicholas Rice, Peoplemag, 13 July 2023
  • Then Kreischer decided to post a clip of the routine on his Facebook page in 2017, and the rest is history.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2023
  • Use a gentle cleanser A facial cleanser is the foundation of any skincare routine.
    — India Espy-Jones, Essence, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Momoa, at the very least, is something of a hoot; his knock-off Castor Troy routine gives the usual blockbuster tropes a fresh shot of guilty pleasure.
    — A.a. Dowd, Chron, 17 May 2023
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routine

2 of 2 adjective
  • The more you do it, the more routine it becomes.
  • They hire high-school students for routine work such as filing.
  • The surgery has become a very routine operation and poses little danger.
  • Data entry becomes routine very quickly.
  • He criticized her routine absence from important meetings.
  • There could, by routine process, be at least 60 hours to debate whether to have debate.
    — James Pindell, BostonGlobe.com, 30 May 2023
  • For Lec, at a certain point, the threat of the apocalypse must have seemed as banal and routine as the dawn of a new morning.
    — Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2024
  • There are gift sets for the person who lives by their skin care routine, and cult-favorite hair care from brands like Olaplex.
    — Malia Griggs, SELF, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Rodgers fell to the turf on a routine play early in the first quarter, stood briefly, then sat down, a look of disbelief on his face.
    — Christopher Maag, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2023
  • One of the big trade-offs, of course, is that someone else is doing 90 percent of the routine maintenance.
    — Dusty Parnell, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Children this age do well with routine and knowing the limits.
    — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 7 Mar. 2024
  • But this hearing itself promises to be fairly brief and routine, and then over and done.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 13 June 2023
  • Hamm and his firms have been sued a handful of times over the past decade in what appear to be routine legal disputes, court records show.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2024
  • Mix up your routine One of the most common reasons for hitting a plateau is sticking with the same workout for too long.
    — Dana Santas, CNN, 8 Mar. 2024
  • In many ways, this is like pre-paying for your car's routine maintenance needs.
    — Steven Glass, Car and Driver, 9 June 2023
  • In some cases, routine tasks such as shooting 4K video clips could cause the new iPhone to run noticeably hot.
    — Chris Velazco, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023
  • With Alcaraz serving and seemingly on his way to a routine hold at 40-15, Medvedev managed to reel him back him in to deuce.
    — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2023
  • To place the 25 chips in Bussard’s brain, surgeons performed a routine craniotomy to remove a piece of his skull.
    — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 15 Apr. 2024
  • But when these workers get hurt — and they get hurt with such frequency that it’s considered a routine part of the job — the laws are stacked against them.
    — Maryam Jameel, ProPublica, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Police in Phoenix, Arizona, pulled over a pickup truck in a routine traffic stop.
    — Chuck Stevenson, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Also, McHenry could also start to just perform the routine tasks of the Speakership.
    — Chad Pergram, Fox News, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Together, these products are the perfect duo for those looking to take their hair care routine to the next level.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 27 July 2023
  • The phone app is so responsive that there’s really no downside to using it instead of the key fob for routine things.
    — Dan Carney, Popular Science, 1 Feb. 2024
  • With time running out and the game on the line, a routine play can become an anxiety-inducing trial by fire.
    — Tom Siegfried, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Her desert ordeal began with a routine stop for gas, albeit in a striking landscape.
    — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2024
  • Pros: Affordable, easy to work into a routine; good de-stressing exercise; can be used on the body as well.
    — Neha Tandon, Glamour, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Sightings of great white sharks are now routine along the Cape's popular Atlantic beaches.
    — The Week Staff, The Week, 19 Aug. 2023
  • To avoid irritation, add it to your routine one to two times a week and gradually work up to nightly use.
    — Jasmine Gomez, Women's Health, 9 Sep. 2023
  • That said, a contact lens exam can almost always be performed at the same time as your routine eye exam.
    — Nicole F. Roberts, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • What that results in is people not getting access to routine health care screenings.
    — Detroit Free Press, 23 Mar. 2024

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