How to Use cultivate in a Sentence

cultivate

verb
  • She cultivated a taste for fine wines.
  • Some of the fields are cultivated while others lie fallow.
  • Prehistoric peoples settled the area and began to cultivate the land.
  • They survived by cultivating vegetables and grain.
  • He has carefully cultivated his image.
  • Those were the first words the predator used to cultivate the kid.
    — oregonlive, 17 Mar. 2020
  • There are lots of reasons to cultivate a hedge.
    — Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
  • The rawness, that took time to cultivate and process.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2025
  • What does cultivating joy look like for you?
    — Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Some trans women cultivate a new voice.
    — James Marcus, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Our purpose is to cultivate and care for the children in our keep.
    — Kirsten West Savali, The Root, 6 Oct. 2017
  • One of the other crops cultivated on the ranch is olive trees.
    — Kara Finnstrom, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
  • How does one cultivate and pass along anything more than rage and despair?
    — Taylor Harris, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2022
  • Somebody had to bring them to the fore, somebody had to cultivate them.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Dec. 2021
  • Fruit trees are among the most rewarding types of trees to cultivate.
    — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Then readers learn how to cultivate, harvest and cook with the herbs.
    — oregonlive.com, 30 July 2019
  • Her artistry is innate, a purpose she was meant to cultivate.
    — Essence, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Every day, we are told to both cultivate and erase ourselves.
    — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2020
  • At harvest, reapers took what was in the mix, both cultivated and wild.
    — Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Plant seeds to cultivate your vision.
    — Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 10 June 2026
  • Critics now also have to cultivate their own fans.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Their goal for this year’s event is to cultivate connections.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2026
  • Yes, wild deer eat both wild and cultivated mushrooms.
    — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 25 Mar. 2026
  • One of the best ways to do so is to cultivate a thriving garden filled with native plants.
    — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 8 June 2026
  • That could cultivate and pass along a foodborne illness.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Words that call us not to manage time or extract value, but to cultivate and to care.
    — Big Think, 11 Sep. 2025
  • One idea was to build a small lake to help cultivate population growth.
    — Michael Williams, Dallas News, 16 June 2021
  • The gentle pink tones of rose quartz can cultivate qualities of love and self-love.
    — Jean Chen Smith, The Enquirer, 24 Oct. 2021
  • Perez cooks his suadero confit in an aged beef tallow cultivated for four years.
    — Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The indoor cycling chain has a way of cultivating die-hard fans.
    — Health.com, 17 Jan. 2018

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