INCULCATE in a Sentence

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In an effort to inculcate religious devotion, the officials ordered that the school day begin with the singing of a hymn.

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 Meanings and Examples of INCULCATE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
inculcate
 v.  teach and impress by frequent repetitions
Classic Sentence:
1  Ellen, by soft-voiced admonition, and Mammy, by constant carping, labored to inculcate in her the qualities that would make her truly desirable as a wife.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
2  Percy had been brought up in the principles which so excellent a woman was sure to inculcate.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 2
3  Stubb's exordium to his crew is given here at large, because he had rather a peculiar way of talking to them in general, and especially in inculcating the religion of rowing.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 48. The First Lowering.
4  It is therefore not in strict character, however admirably satirical, that after going to school himself, he should then go abroad inculcating not what he learned there, but the folly of it.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 88. Schools and Schoolmasters.
5  My drunkenness is always sad, and when I am thoroughly drunk my mania is to relate all the lugubrious stories which my foolish nurse inculcated into my brain.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 28 THE RETURN
Example Sentence:
1  Our football coach has worked hard to inculcate a team spirit in/into the players.
2  We have tried to inculcate a feeling of citizenship in youngsters.
3  I try to inculcate a sense of responsibility in my children.
4  In an effort to inculcate religious devotion, the officials ordered that the school day begin with the singing of a hymn.