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
“When you play the drum, it becomes an extension of your heartbeat, inculcating self-esteem by resuscitating your ancient DNA,” Ngwa said.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 21, 2023
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
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
I lived with him in close intimacy for years, and I never once traced the slightest indication of his ever dropping the aspirate; indeed, no one was more particular in inculcating its proper use.
From Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Augustus J. C. Hare
