How to Use inculcate in a Sentence

inculcate

verb
Definition of inculcatenext
Synonyms for inculcatenext
  • The teacher inculcated in her students the importance of good study habits.
  • It must be inculcated in the home, in the classroom and in the pulpit.
    — Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 9 Feb. 2024
  • But the greatest challenge may be the need to inculcate character.
    — New York Times, 5 June 2018
  • Colleges these days aspire to inculcate ethics and morals as well as knowledge.
    — Leslie Bienen, WSJ, 3 Sep. 2021
  • Whatever it is called, the aim is to inculcate a galactic esprit de corps.
    — The Economist, 5 Sep. 2019
  • Asking young Americans for a year of their time for their country would be a powerful way to inculcate that call to service.
    — Editorial Board New York Times, Star Tribune, 4 May 2021
  • Their comedic chops inculcate his project with immersiveness that helps Lonestar Luchador feel like more than a playlist.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Model it, teach it and inculcate it in your people as the template for daily life and interacting with customers.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 2 Sep. 2021
  • With its courtyards, 19th-century buildings and playing fields, the school aspires to be a haven from the strife outside its gates and inculcate its students with the values of its Quaker founders.
    — Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2023
  • His father, Fred, inculcated his son with the unshakable belief that his own greatness would lead to enormous wealth.
    — Jonathan Chait, Daily Intelligencer, 25 June 2017
  • Schools exist to stifle freedom, and also to inculcate it, a dialectic that is the essence of true education.
    — A.o. Scott, New York Times, 21 June 2023
  • Many Presidents have used their bully pulpit to inculcate moral virtues.
    — Rod Rosenstein, Time, 8 Aug. 2019
  • At the end of the video, watched by more than 14 million people so far, Mr. Dud discussed how Russians have not fully exorcised the fear inculcated by Stalin’s legacy.
    — New York Times, 9 June 2019
  • The notion that Macbeth could apply his military skill to deposing the king is something that Macbeth’s wife is eager to inculcate.
    — Mike Giuliano, baltimoresun.com, 13 June 2019
  • Some of that was inculcated into young Kamala early by her mother, who exposed her daughters to many of the freedom movements that were a hallmark of their late-‘60s youth in Oakland.
    — Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 4 July 2019
  • Through much of the 1800s, a kind reading of history would say that the central role of public schools was to preserve the American democracy and inculcate democratic values.
    — Michael B. Horn, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2021
  • Crimes in such areas were to be punished more harshly and public day care for toddlers made mandatory to inculcate Danish values.
    — The Economist, 28 Nov. 2019
  • Biden, to his credit, has over the years inculcated the kind of loyalty from advisers that brings out the best in him—a far cry from the dueling egos of expensive campaign consultants in 1987.
    — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Which is exactly the impression Kim wants to inculcate, and why, after his visit in 2014, the young despot ordered a full refurbishment of the Sinchon museum.
    — Charlie Campbell / Beijing, Time, 20 Sep. 2017
  • Though a lot will depend on how Microsoft utilizes the platform and inculcate it with its existing solutions.
    — Trefis Team, Forbes, 5 Apr. 2021
  • On that note, the time is ripe for SMBs to inculcate new-age trade-tech solutions at every node of the supply chain to prepare themselves for improving agility amid the changing global trade dynamics.
    — Pushkar Mukewar, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2022
  • To lay a strong data foundation, the first step is to inculcate a strong data culture and align business requirements with data initiatives.
    — Lokesh Anand, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Such rage has been encouraged and inculcated by the fashionable movements ...
    — Noah Rothman, National Review, 10 Nov. 2023
  • The measure will help inculcate a sense of awareness among the higher income groups to utilise the appropriate amount of water and also bring in the knowledge that over-usage will invite additional charges.
    — Niyati Seth, Quartz, 8 June 2022
  • Advertisement Mathur asserts a need for behavioural change, which should be inculcated from a young age itself.
    — Tazeen Qureshy, Quartz, 4 May 2023
  • While leftist ideas have long prevailed at the university and many of India’s other leading campuses, the R.S.S. has worked to inculcate its far-right ideology at a much younger age.
    — New York Times, 10 Jan. 2020
  • They had not been inculcated with a sense of duty to experience ‘‘the end’’; ends, for them, don’t exist or aren’t significantly different from the middle.
    — Heidi Julavits, New York Times, 7 July 2017
  • Organizations need to lean into actively recruiting women into the cloud to be able to build a strong workforce and inculcate growth.
    — Geetika Tandon, Forbes, 7 June 2022
  • The absence of meaningful legislation is rooted in a failure to inculcate civic virtues or transmit ancient wisdom to our children.
    — Caleb Nunes, National Review, 8 Sep. 2023
  • With ever-evolving cyber threats, digital literacy is a must-have skill that parents must acquire and inculcate in their kids.
    — Sangeeta Tanwar, Quartz India, 6 June 2019

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