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

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

“The purpose is not to indoctrinate them or guide them in some kind of political philosophy. … The story is so much more complex than simply White people versus Black people,” Higginbotham said.

From Washington Post • Dec. 2, 2022

I see that I cannot at once indoctrinate him into the arcana of nature; I must gradually lead him on, as if in play.

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