indoctrinate

Example Sentences

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"Smartphones are now part and parcel of the way North Korea tries to indoctrinate people", says Mr Williams.

From BBC • May 30, 2025

In the film, Gosling’s Ken — Barbie’s anxiety-ridden, try-hard, beta-status boyfriend — is revitalized by the patriarchy of the real world and returns to indoctrinate everyone in Barbieland.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2023

Harrison, on the other hand, is “trying to indoctrinate my daughter into Tolkien’s world” despite his wife’s distaste.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 29, 2022

“The purpose is not to indoctrinate them or guide them in some kind of political philosophy. … The story is so much more complex than simply White people versus Black people,” Higginbotham said.

From Washington Post • Dec. 2, 2022

And naturally, the recent convert to Manicheeism did his best to indoctrinate and convert his patron—so far at least as a careless man like Romanianus could be converted.

From Saint Augustin by O'Sullivan, Vincent