internalize
verb (used with object)
to incorporate (the cultural values, mores, motives, etc., of another or of a group), as through learning, socialization, or identification.
was internalizing
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past progressiveof internalize.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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“I think it could have made a huge difference in her self-esteem. I think she was internalizing a lot of things as a personal failure when just her brain was working differently,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
“So thank you for being that unknowing inspiration behind the scenes. I was internalizing all of that love and putting it into that record.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2025
In his early career, NF sounded as if he was internalizing all the pressures of the world, but now he sounds free and calm, dismissing those same pressures with a shrug.
From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2023
Being autistic made it difficult for Izzy to find words to express what she was feeling, but her mother sensed her daughter was internalizing the messages from school.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2021
