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ingrained

(used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held

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Six example sentences with ingrained, each labelled with its topic.

  • Habits formed before age seven are so ingrained that adults repeat them under stress without noticing the pattern at all.

    Psychology

  • Guild loyalties were so ingrained in the old city that a charter change took two generations to have any effect.

    History

  • Ten thousand repetitions made the jump shot ingrained, so the motion survived a hostile crowd and a one-point deficit.

    Basketball

  • The habit of copying the boss on every email was so ingrained that the new policy took a year to change it.

    Business

  • The pianist's fingering for that passage is so ingrained that switching editions felt like relearning the whole piece.

    Music

  • Distrust of the capital is so ingrained in the province that any minister's visit draws suspicion before applause.

    Politics

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