INGRAINED in a Sentence

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His importance as son of Sir Geoffrey, and child of Wragby, was so ingrained in him, he could never escape it.

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 Meanings and Examples of INGRAINED
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ingrained
 a.  deeply established; firmly rooted
Classic Sentence:
1  His importance as son of Sir Geoffrey, and child of Wragby, was so ingrained in him, he could never escape it.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
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Example Sentence:
1  If we feel distress when we kill an in-game opponent, it may be because it violates our ingrained sense of morality; we know killing is bad, even when it's virtual.
2  Try as they would, the missionaries were unable to uproot the ingrained superstitions of the natives.
3  This year, following the fall of one of the festival's most high-profile regulars, Harvey Weinstein, the event's ingrained sexism was scrutinised and criticised more intently than ever.
4  The day the US company announced its exit would be forever ingrained in the local psyche.
5  The belief that one should work hard is ingrained in our culture.