instruct
Example Sentences
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During the telehealth visits, staff will instruct patients on cognitive exercises, which they can then practice with the bot.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
Families described how they had to instruct solicitors, threaten court action and, as in Jacqueline's case, hire debt collectors to recoup money owed to them.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
The school alarm would pierce the air and teachers would instruct us to slide from our chairs, crouch under our desks facing the floor, and place our hands, fingers interlocked, over our necks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
The council voted in December to instruct city agencies to produce those reports within 30 days.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026
It was not often that the septa was privileged to instruct a royal princess in the womanly arts, as she had said when the queen brought Myrcella to join them.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
Vocabulary lists containing instruct
"The Crucible" -- Vocabulary from all 4 Acts
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Words to Know and Academic Words, Unit 5
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