inculcate

Example Sentences

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But there is an existential question here: What have my and my wife’s lives amounted to, if we have not inculcated a basic will to survive to the next generation?

From Washington Post

UC aims to provide treatment and inculcate its students at the highest level of medical science.

From Los Angeles Times

One goal is to inculcate in security guards a deeper understanding of the diversity of the Jewish community, he said: “We’re starting to have these types of conversations and that’s a great beginning.”

From Seattle Times

The practice of keeping in line with peers is inculcated in schoolchildren, who wear uniforms in most public schools and are shamed into following institutional expectations.

From New York Times

“It’s turning a subject that used to cultivate critical thinking into mainland-style patriotic education inculcating the party line to children.”

From Washington Post