nurture
verb (used with object)
to feed and protect.
will nurture
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future tenseof nurture.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Instead of punishing a child’s desire to achieve, we will nurture it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2025
I hope that today there are elementary teachers like Ms. Ochs and Mrs. Wein who will nurture the wonder and excitement of spaceflight in their students.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2023
Peer counselors, often in recovery themselves, will nurture this sense of understanding and belonging.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 23, 2023
To survive and thrive, young children need to identify the “thickest” of these connections—the people who will nurture and safeguard them, at any personal cost.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 19, 2022
Child," replied the matron, solemnly, "my sand is nearly run, and my wish is to see thee placed with one who will nurture thy young years, and save thee from a life of licence.
From Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
