How to Use instill in a Sentence

instill

verb
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  • On the same roads, the Z doesn't instill the same kind of confidence as the Supra.
    — Mark Takahashi, Car and Driver, 10 June 2022
  • My mom instilled in us to strip the bed and make the new bed every Sunday.
    — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Feb. 2024
  • This city, rich in culture, instilled with pride, this place is more than just a pin on the map.
    — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2023
  • But my job as one of the leaders is to help the guys and instill confidence in them still and have their back.
    — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2024
  • But Olave didn’t need much longer to instill that belief.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2022
  • The first glimpse of that plan did not instill confidence.
    — Molly Beck, Journal Sentinel, 7 June 2024
  • The war helped instill in him the notion of the Catholic Church as a bulwark against evil that would prevail with God’s help.
    — Henry Chudeputy News Editor, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2022
  • But for many people, just having to look at them is enough to instill fear.
    — Angela Yang, NBC News, 16 June 2023
  • Anahi Nava Flores, 17, said the meals instill a sense of self-worth.
    — Jocelyn Gecker, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Chief among these is that head coach Ime Udoka was brought in to change the team’s culture and instill good habits.
    — Rahat Huq, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Hansteen-Izora and Bell both note that objects can instill a sense of self.
    — Sydney Baker, Good Housekeeping, 5 Nov. 2022
  • As a father, Hemsworth hopes to instill those same values in his kids.
    — Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE.com, 30 June 2022
  • To instill a sense of self-love early bears fruit later.
    — Harper's BAZAAR, 9 Nov. 2022
  • My parents taught me about hard work, and love of family, and instilled in me a faith in God.
    — Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 3 Sep. 2024
  • The Alcaraz who came on court for the fourth set had the freshness that confidence can instill.
    — Gerald Marzorati, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2022
  • The lessons of the Holocaust, and consequently the need for the Jewish state of Israel, were instilled in me at a young age.
    — Landon Block, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Nov. 2023
  • That's one thing that was instilled in me, one place in life where there's no compromise.
    — Lia Beck, Peoplemag, 30 Jan. 2024
  • By Year 3, Dunn wants the Fever to instill a sense of fear into their opponents.
    — Zion Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 1 June 2023
  • His mother Afeni was a Black Panther and instilled a sense of activism in her son.
    — Stephanie Fasano, ABC News, 21 Sep. 2023
  • That’s my mindset as a coach, and trying to instill that into the players.
    — Detroit Free Press, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Diana tried to instill the importance of kindness in both of her sons.
    — Janaya Wecker, Good Housekeeping, 3 Nov. 2022
  • High schooler Anahi Nava Flores said the meals instill a sense of self-worth.
    — Jocelyn Gecker, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Feb. 2023
  • The overtaking — and the loss of his family and home along the way — instilled rage in the gladiator.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2024
  • He’s really stressed and is trying to instill that into Meghan, and then to Luke.
    — Sydney Odman, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 July 2023
  • The importance of voting was instilled in her as a child, Dunham said.
    — Daniel Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 31 July 2024
  • Ulrey hopes to get the best out of each one of his players and instill the confidence in them to go out and compete game in and game out.
    — Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Apr. 2023
  • This is all to instill confidence in other banks after SVB’s collapse, and to avoid any run on the banks.
    — Victor Ordonez, ABC News, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Many also rattle chains or flick their whips to instill fear in the spectators.
    — Sucheta Rawal, Travel + Leisure, 29 Oct. 2023
  • Richardson says her love of philanthropy was instilled in her by her parents, a value she's passed on to her son.
    — Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 23 Oct. 2024
  • His dad worked in the newspaper industry, his mom a school counselor, and the two of them instilled in their children a curiosity about the world.
    — Issie Lapowsky, WIRED, 10 Oct. 2024

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