How to Use ingrained in a Sentence

ingrained

adjective
  • These attitudes are very deeply ingrained in the culture.
  • Working on the trains is an ingrained part of her life.
    Katie Herchenroeder, Quartz, 3 Jan. 2020
  • On the verge of turning 40, all my habits felt ingrained.
    Liza Monroy, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
  • Those words, the book titles, and R.L. Stine’s name were sort of ingrained in our minds.
    Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Oct. 2023
  • The details of each are ingrained in his mind, even more than a decade later.
    Freep.com, 9 Sep. 2021
  • The problems of young kids are sweeping and deeply ingrained.
    Alan J. Borsuk, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 June 2020
  • Huawei is deeply ingrained in countries like the U.K. and Germany.
    WSJ, 4 Feb. 2020
  • The heat is deeply ingrained in the walls and atmosphere, inescapable to all those who come here.
    Richard Quest, CNN, 8 May 2023
  • In the Handbook of The Working Adult, the two-week rule is as ingrained as the ban on tuna fish lunches.
    Diego Wyatt, Good Housekeeping, 6 June 2021
  • The shoemakers have always been deeply ingrained in the sport.
    oregonlive, 14 July 2022
  • Google also has the deeply ingrained behavior of the masses to fall back on.
    Dan Gallagher, WSJ, 18 Jan. 2023
  • The tech is so ingrained that even memory loss can’t take it away.
    Vince Guerrieri, Popular Mechanics, 6 May 2021
  • The buffet takes most of the ingrained fears and behaviors of the pandemic and turns them on their heads.
    Jenn Harris Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2021
  • The crux of the issue lies in the deeply ingrained belief that constant hustle is the only growth path.
    John Jarosz, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
  • And the idea of aperitivo, the French apéro, is so ingrained in my culture.
    Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Nov. 2021
  • The Bengals are ingrained in your identity and a source of pride and self-esteem.
    The Enquirer, 19 Feb. 2022
  • Think for a second how ingrained bread is in our culture.
    Popular Science, 10 Mar. 2020
  • One of the appeals of camping and exploring the outdoors is the chance to let go of a lot of ingrained routines.
    Nicole Clausing, Sunset Magazine, 22 Jan. 2020
  • The features of that firmly ingrained culture are well known.
    Neil Gross, BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2023
  • The idea is that all the advance work will become so ingrained that instinct takes over during the shoot.
    New York Times, 5 Feb. 2021
  • The food courts have gained a cult-like following over the years and become ingrained in pop culture.
    Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 8 Apr. 2021
  • Alexa remains too ingrained within the Amazon brand to fade into the night.
    Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 15 Nov. 2022
  • And maybe this is just ingrained in me, but that’s what was told to us: Outsiders have bad intentions.
    The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2023
  • The parish is deeply ingrained into their lives and families.
    Rick Rojas, BostonGlobe.com, 29 May 2022
  • First, there is often a tendency to get mired and deeply ingrained in your life’s work.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 1 June 2022
  • There’s a lot of stuff you get told, that gets really ingrained into you, that’s not true.
    Quanta Magazine, 14 Apr. 2021
  • At this point, in the social-media age, it’s become ingrained into the game.
    Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 13 Mar. 2021
  • Next to his head hangs a rough blue curtain with an ingrained smell of cigarette smoke.
    David Szalay, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Despite being considerably higher than what tenants have to prove in other cities, the number is now ingrained in our rental market.
    Clio Chang, Curbed, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Parents raised in authoritarian or neglectful households may struggle to break away from ingrained beliefs about discipline and respect.
    Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 2 Dec. 2024

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