Hawkril took a few steps into the room, his warsword in his hand out of sheer habit.

Dors entered, looked right and left out of sheer habit, and sat down in the nearest chair.

He waited until May was fast merging to June, watching, from sheer habit, for the spring transformation of brown prairies into green.

By sheer habit she drew her knitting out of her bag.

I almost spoke them, from sheer habit.

Victoria stopped with them out of sheer military habit.

From sheer habit the police instituted the customary search to find out who had taken them away from their usual haunts.

But sheer habit may be the biggest factor of all.

Then I saw two brokers out of sheer habit.

Out of nothing but sheer habit, the Phelan lawyers engaged in one last huddle.