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- verb Present participle of
engrain .
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Examples
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Every time the government school system is allowed to get away with something like this if is further engraining into the next generation that weapons, hunting, being independent and freedom in general are not as important and being good government subjects.
School Suspends Six-Year-Old Boy For Bringing Folding Silverware to Lunch 2009
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Every time the government school system is allowed to get away with something like this if is further engraining into the next generation that weapons, hunting, being independent and freedom in general are not as important and being good government subjects.
School Suspends Six-Year-Old Boy For Bringing Folding Silverware to Lunch 2009
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Perhaps safer ground than engraining racial-based stereotypes is some self-deprecating humour about lawyers.
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Perhaps safer ground than engraining racial-based stereotypes is some self-deprecating humour about lawyers.
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The high school has a way of engraining a deep emotional attachment in its alumni, said Lawrence J. Vilardo, a 1973 graduate and former chairman of the board of trustees.
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The high school has a way of engraining a deep emotional attachment in its alumni, said Lawrence J. Vilardo, a 1973 graduate and former chairman of the board of trustees.
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That’s not to say that engraining the habit of leaving you alone REGULARLY is going to be easy to instill, but it’s certainly not impossible, in most cases.
Author! Author! » Blog Archive » Creating time and space to write: nothing up my sleeve… 2008
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My parents did a good job engraining it in my head. "
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My parents did a good job engraining it in my head. "
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"By engraining themselves into the country's local business environment, these finalists have become a credit to Australia's migrant community - and to Australian business as a whole.
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