engrained

[ en-greynd, en-greynd ]

/ ɛnˈgreɪnd, ˈɛnˌgreɪnd /

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OTHER WORDS FROM engrained

en·grain·ed·ly

[en-grey-nid-lee, -greynd-], /ɛnˈgreɪ nɪd li, -ˈgreɪnd-/, adverb

Words nearby engrained

engr., engraft, engrail, engrailed, engrain, engrained, engram, engrave, engraver beetle, engraver's trick, engraving

How to use engrained in a sentence

He has been very involved in the community for many years and is very well engrained there.
North County Report: Oceanside’s New Police Chief Is a Familiar Face|Kayla Jimenez|March 17, 2021|Voice of San Diego
That it stems from an engrained sense of unworthiness and shame is something that Dunne is winningly eager to acknowledge.
After Dominick|J. J. Berzelius|November 7, 2008|DAILY BEAST
With them the dirt seems to be engrained and never to be removed, and they could grow potatoes under their nails.
Trans-Himalaya, Vol. 2 (of 2)|Sven Hedin
This virtue of theirs, the People holds, is not engrained in their nature for any good to itself, but rather for its injury.
The Polity of the Athenians and the Lacedaemonians|Xenophon

And there is the dread of hell-fire—absurd and revolting, yet so engrained that no effort is able entirely to destroy it.
Mrs. Craddock|W. Somerset Maugham
A spirit of self-assertion was engrained in him, and it was supported by a combative temperament.
The Life of George Borrow|Clement K. Shorter
All bruised tissue in which gross dirt has become engrained should be cut away with knife or scissors.
Manual of Surgery|Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles