instill

Example Sentences

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We’ve worked hard for 18 years to instill a strong work ethic and teach budgeting skills, and I don’t want to see that undone.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

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

This entails programs to promote standard Chinese as the national lingua franca, instill pride in Chinese cultural heritage and exert stronger central control over regions with large ethnic-minority populations such as Tibet and Xinjiang.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

For jaded adults and curious children alike, Amélie’s wide-eyed marvel of the world will instill new faith just when we could use it the most.

From Salon • Dec. 19, 2025

An attempt to instill order into a world gone wrong.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy