inculcate
verb (used with object)
to implant by repeated statement or admonition; teach persistently and earnestly (usually followed by upon orin ).
inculcating
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present participleof inculcate.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Authorities also sent Tibetan children to state-run boarding schools at ever-younger ages, educating them predominantly in Mandarin and inculcating Chinese culture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
It’s an irresistible ditty that starts by contrasting a text-to-speech voice inculcating on Isaac Newton with Pearce and musician Sharron Kraus singing about the sun’s mass.
From Scientific American ● May 27, 2022
It could spark useful conversations in those churches, synagogues and mosques that are concerned with inculcating and living out their common values in the world as it is.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 26, 2018
If the republic depended on civic virtue, women played a crucial public function by inculcating virtue in their sons and husbands.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
These singular instances of bygone experience of a religious student, of which few similar have ever been given, must be suggestive—perhaps instructive—to religious teachers in church and chapel, engaged in inculcating their views.
From Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Holyoake, George Jacob
