indoctrinate
verb (used with object)
to instruct in a doctrine, principle, ideology, etc., especially to imbue with a specific partisan or biased belief or point of view.
were indoctrinating
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past progressiveof indoctrinate.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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Like avian Fagins, the birds were indoctrinating others to a life of crime.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
They were indoctrinating Indian soldiers captured in Singapore and Burma, training them as an "army of liberation" for the day when the attack came.
From Time Magazine Archive
