How to Use inculcate in a Sentence

inculcate

verb
  • The teacher inculcated in her students the importance of good study habits.
  • It must be inculcated in the home, in the classroom and in the pulpit.
    — Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Colleges these days aspire to inculcate ethics and morals as well as knowledge.
    — Leslie Bienen, WSJ, 3 Sep. 2021
  • But the greatest challenge may be the need to inculcate character.
    — New York Times, 5 June 2018
  • Whatever it is called, the aim is to inculcate a galactic esprit de corps.
    — The Economist, 5 Sep. 2019
  • So how best to inculcate a creative mindset and unlock the power of AI?
    — Andrew Staples, Fortune, 9 Dec. 2025
  • Many Presidents have used their bully pulpit to inculcate moral virtues.
    — Rod Rosenstein, Time, 8 Aug. 2019
  • Model it, teach it and inculcate it in your people as the template for daily life and interacting with customers.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Asking young Americans for a year of their time for their country would be a powerful way to inculcate that call to service.
    — Editorial Board New York Times, Star Tribune, 4 May 2021
  • That’s true for Tamma in a different way – it’s inculcated in Tamma that no one will help her but that’s not true.
    — Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Their comedic chops inculcate his project with immersiveness that helps Lonestar Luchador feel like more than a playlist.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 7 Sep. 2023
  • His father, Fred, inculcated his son with the unshakable belief that his own greatness would lead to enormous wealth.
    — Jonathan Chait, Daily Intelligencer, 25 June 2017
  • Schools exist to stifle freedom, and also to inculcate it, a dialectic that is the essence of true education.
    — A.o. Scott, New York Times, 21 June 2023
  • Khodorkovsky, we’re reminded, is not a saint, however much prison may have inculcated a saintly bearing.
    — David Klion, The New Republic, 22 Jan. 2020
  • With ever-evolving cyber threats, digital literacy is a must-have skill that parents must acquire and inculcate in their kids.
    — Sangeeta Tanwar, Quartz India, 6 June 2019
  • We were constantly informed that our purpose was to become genteel and inculcated in Christian virtue.
    — Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
  • Crimes in such areas were to be punished more harshly and public day care for toddlers made mandatory to inculcate Danish values.
    — The Economist, 28 Nov. 2019
  • Advertisement Mathur asserts a need for behavioural change, which should be inculcated from a young age itself.
    — Tazeen Qureshy, Quartz, 4 May 2023
  • In his autobiography, Franklin recounts his plan to inculcate virtue and expel vice.
    — Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Schools and colleges have done an excellent job of inculcating a sense of community development in young minds.
    — Taarini Kaur Dang, Forbes, 16 July 2023
  • Though a lot will depend on how Microsoft utilizes the platform and inculcate it with its existing solutions.
    — Trefis Team, Forbes, 5 Apr. 2021
  • To lay a strong data foundation, the first step is to inculcate a strong data culture and align business requirements with data initiatives.
    — Lokesh Anand, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2022
  • His parents were fiercely anti-tribal, Williams recalls, inculcating in him a comfort with standing apart.
    — Carlos Lozada, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2019
  • Organizations need to lean into actively recruiting women into the cloud to be able to build a strong workforce and inculcate growth.
    — Geetika Tandon, Forbes, 7 June 2022
  • The absence of meaningful legislation is rooted in a failure to inculcate civic virtues or transmit ancient wisdom to our children.
    — Caleb Nunes, National Review, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Brad has inculcated an ethos of approaching cinema with a longer life, which Dede and I already had seeds of in our respective practices.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 12 Feb. 2025
  • The perception that serving employees hurts the bottom line rather than fuels it, gets inculcated into future managers early on.
    — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Teaching religion at two Catholic high schools before and after law school, my job was to inculcate Roman Catholic values in my students.
    — Charles J. Russo, The Conversation, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Teaching religion at two Catholic high schools before and after law school, my job was to inculcate Roman Catholic values in my students.
    — Charles J. Russo, The Conversation, 29 June 2026
  • The notion that Macbeth could apply his military skill to deposing the king is something that Macbeth’s wife is eager to inculcate.
    — Mike Giuliano, baltimoresun.com, 13 June 2019

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