I am used to cleaning up other people’s mess.  I became used to his ways.

“Well,” I says, “I cal'late a body could get used to Tophet if he stayed there long enough.” ¶ She flared up; the least mite of a slam at Doctor Wool was enough to set her going.

I used to be undecided, but now I’m sure.  I used to like that band long ago, and I was surprised I still do.  I used to know a guy from the UK who pronounced "mother" with the "r".  It used to be me who ran the company.  There used to be open fields here. Now it's a shopping mall.

1980, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson (lyrics), Agnetha Fältskog (lead vocalist), ABBA, The Winner Takes It All
But tell me does she kiss like I used to kiss you? / Does it feel the same, when she calls your name?

When I was a kid I used to think it was all the same clouds that kept coming by.

2002, David I. Grossvogel, Didn't You Used to Be Depardieu?:

2003, G. E. Kruckeberg, Things My Daddy Used to Say:

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