Example Sentences

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Like avian Fagins, the birds were indoctrinating others to a life of crime.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

That includes indoctrinating new players into the Chiefs’ system.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2024

As comments amass over time, eliciting upvotes and increasingly meta discourse, the recipe starts branching off into infinite variations — some small, some large — perhaps indoctrinating itself into some readers’ regular cooking repertoire.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2023

One of those traditions is indoctrinating young players in the lore of the sport.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 15, 2022

I dinna hauld wi' thae French indoctrinating pedants, that took to stick free opinions into a man as ye'd stick pins into a pincushion, to fa' out again the first shake.

From Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography by Hughes, Thomas