indoctrinate

Example Sentences

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"Smartphones are now part and parcel of the way North Korea tries to indoctrinate people", says Mr Williams.

From BBC • May 30, 2025

In the film, Gosling’s Ken — Barbie’s anxiety-ridden, try-hard, beta-status boyfriend — is revitalized by the patriarchy of the real world and returns to indoctrinate everyone in Barbieland.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2023

Now he’s emerged as a particularly vocal Muslim advocate against what he calls an attempt to indoctrinate children.

From Slate • Jun. 16, 2023

Afterward, Bandele, 18, said she doesn’t understand arguments that the course would indoctrinate children.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 1, 2023

It was not easy to indoctrinate such a people, more arrogant than intelligent, with new ideas.

From James Madison by Gay, Sydney Howard