nurture
Example Sentences
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“In an era where we’re all so online, it was reassuring and felt nurturing. It’s good evidence of how much film culture means to people.”
From Los Angeles Times
Sakamoto said her coach had told her that she could "nurture a future gold medallist. So maybe you’ll see me as a coach at the Olympics."
From Barron's
London Fashion Week, better known for nurturing new talent than for its big-name shows, kicks off on Thursday with a tribute to one of its stalwarts Paul Costelloe.
From Barron's
Many of the other children come from similar economic backgrounds, but all nurture big ambitions for the future.
From BBC
It underwrites the sorts of elite cultural and educational institutions that Alexis de Tocqueville and others believed an egalitarian democracy would have difficulty nurturing.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.