instill
Example Sentences
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Recent raids may try to instill fear, but this special communal space feels impervious to such weak displays.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026
Blank, however, says that there’s not necessarily “a huge desire among Democratic voters to instill more Christianity into their politics.”
From Salon • Mar. 3, 2026
"But the impetus for its creation was a desire to instill fiscal discipline, and that is something we wholeheartedly endorse."
From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026
Setting up tax-advantaged 529 accounts for your grandchildren will do more than just help pay for their education, it will instill in them the expectation that they will have a college education.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 31, 2025
For Terryl, the exhilaration around learning was a sign of the enthusiasm she tried to instill in her children, tried to exhibit for them.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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