Sample Sentences for
instill
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    The old walrus in fact managed to instill in me a great and burning ambition; it had simply found expression in an unintended pursuit.  (source)
    instill = put (ideas, principles, or teachings into another's mind)
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    A code that would instill discipline, restrain passion, and order his steps.  (source)
    instill = put ideas, principles, or teachings into other's minds
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    Before, the values we tried to instill in Cassie at home were continually undermined by the friendships she made.  (source)
    instill = put into one's mind
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    No matter how much fear and suspicion he instilled in the players, Sam Westing knew that greed would keep them playing the game.  (source)
    instilled = put (into the minds)
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    He tried to instill some military training in me, but always sweetened it with candy.  (source)
    instill = put (ideas, principles, or teachings into another's mind)
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    The seat next to her remained empty long after the economy passengers had boarded, instilling in her the hope she might not have to spend the next seven and half hours with a complete stranger.†  (source)
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    He instills confidence in his troops.†  (source)
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    Sewing, stitching, any labour, Having always work to do, To the poison Love instilleth Is the antidote most sure.†  (source)
    standard suffix: Today, the suffix "-eth" is replaced by "-s", so that where they said "She instilleth" in older English, today we say "She instills."
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    It will be difficult to break the habits of thinking Abnegation instilled in me, like tugging a single thread from a complex work of embroidery.  (source)
    instilled = put into mind
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    DRACO: And Scorpius is a follower, not a leader, despite everything I've tried to instill in him.†  (source)
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    Inside the cover, on the page opposite the chaplain's note, Adam had written, Dad: Thanks for instilling in me all that I have.†  (source)
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    Power goes to the one who instills the greatest fear, not so, Aleksei?†  (source)
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    According to his family, in his quiet, private way, Phil was a deeply religious man, carrying a faith instilled in him by his parents.  (source)
    instilled = put (ideas, principles, or teachings into another's mind)
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