Used in a Sentence

ingrain

How to use ingrain in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for ingrain.

Editorial note

That's because Disney is trying to ingrain their brands into pop culture.

Examples14
Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

thoroughly work in; "His hands were grained with dirt"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of ingrain gathered in one view.

verb

thoroughly work in; "His hands were grained with dirt"

verb

produce or try to produce a vivid impression of; "Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for ingrain.

verb

thoroughly work in; "His hands were grained with dirt"

verb

produce or try to produce a vivid impression of; "Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us"

Example sentences

1

That's because Disney is trying to ingrain their brands into pop culture.

2

If you can ingrain that pattern in your brain, I promise you one block will become two and two will become four.

3

It lets you ingrain into your muscle memory the foundation-level skills.

4

However I do believe that an early adulthood -- 18 to 31 -- spent in the Marine Corps does deeply ingrain certain modes of thought.

5

There seems to be a lot out there about fat models, skinny views/controller, but it sounds like you should really just ingrain MVC as it pertains to rails in your brain.

6

I may be wrong, but I think you need to ingrain that way of life into an entire organization for there to be any chance of continually doing it.

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So, if he has scientists talking about something, having half of them be women should, hopefully, ingrain a little more that women can be scientists.

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Maybe I missed the point of the course, it was just a first year probabilities course, and the goal was to ingrain those 7 terms into our brains for the more complicated subjects.

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For those wishing to ingrain Vim keys into their muscle memory, and improve their browsing experience, I recommend the Vimium[1] extension to Chrome.

10

They are already required to hire a certain percentage of expats to try to ingrain more flying expertise in them, but more likely, they will eventually be fired too.

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You can get started by following along with proofs from a lecture, but in order to really ingrain the techniques in your brain, you have to write proofs of things you've never encountered before.

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If living together is seen as a "trial period", it could ingrain the idea that "he/she is not committed to me, and will stay only as long as I please him/her" into the relationship.

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My electrical engineering professors were constantly trying to ingrain in us the tendency to estimate the solutions to problems long before solving them.

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- I think that there's no demonstrable security value for the majority of these projects, and since 2001 we've allowed the defense industry to ingrain top-heavy industrialized defense projects into our daily American life - militarizing America.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use ingrain in a sentence?

That's because Disney is trying to ingrain their brands into pop culture.

What does ingrain mean?

thoroughly work in; "His hands were grained with dirt"

What part of speech is ingrain?

ingrain is commonly used as verb.