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US
/ˌɪnˈstɪɫɪŋ/
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[ UK /ɪnstˈɪlɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /ɪnstˈɪlɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
- teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition
How To Use instilling In A Sentence
- It's down to instilling the right beliefs in people so they see the attractions of the jobs market.
- The computer literates should take the lead in teaching and convincing others about the ease in learning how to use computers, as a starting point for instilling in the people the desire to use, work and play with the Internet.
- The actress credits her parents for instilling stability. Times, Sunday Times
- They believe in instilling a deep sense of self-respect and discipline among students.
- Ellenborough said "Hear, hear", and even Albert looked only half-sulky, and said all diss-cipline was admirable, but there must be better ways of instilling it; the Prince of Wales, he said, should nott play cricket, but some more constructiff game. Fiancée
- And so, all day long, we were treated to mispronunciations and sports analogies and comparisons to gambling -- a term deployed with the intent of instilling an underlying seediness until Senator John Ensign stepped in to momentarily defend his Las Vegas constituents. Goldman Sachs Hearing: Senators Wield Oversimplified Metaphors, Execs Fight Back With Stonewalling (VIDEO) [UPDATE]
- May my missing be this poem instilling your heart.
- Cheerfully, as she has already accepted so many modifications of old methods by "new thought," she accepts the idea of instilling mental and moral desiderata into the receptive pupil, _viâ_ the charming tale. How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell
- They had to make do with instilling periodic panic. Times, Sunday Times
- 41 At first, the Swiss had found the "MaKhossa" a "fortress difficult to take," 42 and two decades of frustrated efforts focusing on spiritual conversion and the elimination of "immoral" customs succeeded only in instilling the impression that "the missionary is an agent of the police. Where Women Make History: Gendered Tellings of Community and Change in Magude, Mozambique