brainwash

Example Sentences

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“It created a model that proved to local municipalities, to local politicians that these spaces weren’t dangerous places that are going to brainwash your kids or whatever.”

From Seattle Times • Oct. 13, 2023

He said that unscrupulous leaders are able to brainwash people and take advantage of their desire to find a solution to their problems.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2023

“If we had the power to brainwash kids, we’d have them do their homework.”

From Washington Times • Nov. 6, 2022

"The editorial policy of Srbin.info from the beginning was to offer relevant alternative news, not to brainwash people or to determine how they should live," Zlatanovic wrote in Serbian.

From Salon • Nov. 1, 2022

They can design dream weapons that come to life in my hands, but they will never again brainwash me into the necessity of using them.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins