instill

Example Sentences

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This gift could instill in her a financial responsibility and maturity that encourages good habits.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

This entails programs to promote standard Chinese as the national lingua franca, instill pride in Chinese cultural heritage and exert stronger central control over regions with large ethnic-minority populations such as Tibet and Xinjiang.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Blank, however, says that there’s not necessarily “a huge desire among Democratic voters to instill more Christianity into their politics.”

From Salon • Mar. 3, 2026

There was, of course, the ever-popular Nickelodeon show “Dora the Explorer” and before that, the PBS show “Amigos,” that looked to instill the basics of Spanish into kids across America.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

Little did we know Adam was using that song to instill pride in us, since most of the children we went to school and gym with looked different from us.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles