cultivate

Example Sentences

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Dragon fruit is a climbing cactus, making it an unusual fruit to cultivate.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

To descend from Judah is to cultivate gratitude.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Judging by the comments, Riches has managed to cultivate real credibility with his audience.

From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026

It may be the side of his personality that allowed him to cultivate a solo career of uncompromising integrity and, in commercial terms, one criminally underrated.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

Recall that apples were historically among the most difficult fruit trees to cultivate and among the last major ones to be domesticated in Eurasia, because their propagation requires the difficult technique of grafting.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond