learn by rote
Example Sentences
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A lot of players learn by rote so that things eventually become automatically - that's difficult to do in a short space of time unless you have the natural talent.
From BBC • May 10, 2017
Instead, teachers drum into students a ton of stuff they must learn by rote so as to jump through hoops leading up to the all-important university entrance examination.”
From Washington Post • Mar. 26, 2012
They're not pack animals," says Shefferman, "and they don't learn by rote, like dogs.
From Time Magazine Archive
She found it very hard to learn by rote all the psalms and hymns.
From Ditte: Girl Alive! by Nexø, Martin Andersen
The children are well trained in hospitality and public manners, which they learn by rote.
From The Great White Tribe in Filipinia by Gilbert, Paul T. (Paul Thomas)
