inculcate
verb (used with object)
to implant by repeated statement or admonition; teach persistently and earnestly (usually followed by upon orin ).
was inculcating
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past progressiveof inculcate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Malherbe was inculcating its principles, Corneille and Molière were practicing its tenets in their plays, and Boileau was following its rules in his satires, when Waller and his associates came in contact with this influence.
From Palamon and Arcite by Dryden, John
Thus warned, Julia came into the room alone, and while Dr. Sampson was inculcating self-restraint for her own sake, she listened with a superior smile, and took quite a different line.
From Hard Cash by Reade, Charles
Schuyler had instant call to practise the very virtue he was inculcating.
From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Irving, Washington
I was inculcating a method of life which I myself did not obey, or obeyed only in those respects that caused me neither sacrifice nor inconvenience.
From The Empire of Love by Dawson, William J.
From the words which fell from his mouth it was difficult to ascertain what principles he was inculcating.
From John Deane of Nottingham Historic Adventures by Land and Sea by Kingston, William Henry Giles
