I'm afraid I have a terrible habit of saying what is on my mind.

I'll wait for Blair's and Brown's memoirs to see how far that terrible habit has spread.

"You know, in Miami they have the terrible habit of mixing art and politics," he said.

"It is a terrible habit from my childhood, and one my father never insisted that I break," she confessed.

Morphy, the great chess player, had a terrible habit.

I have this terrible habit of reading other people's thoughts.

Your hands look hoe'rible, and besides, it's a terrible habit.

"I've discovered a terrible habit in myself of ignoring advice."

The neck and arms are frayed from a terrible habit of nibbling nervously on my clothes.

But since your patient has contracted the terrible habit of obedience, he will probably continue such "crude" prayers whatever you do.