ingrained

• “I've always wondered if there is something genetically inherent in a redhead to be like this, or whether it's a habit ingrained from a lifetime of people just expecting that one will pop off at any given moment.”

  Bertie Wooster on the mischief-making talents of a certain redhead

• “Since France is an old country, with a certain ingrained skepticism toward change, necessary reforms take more time to be accepted.”

  On the Eve of Presidential Elections: France's Major Challenges

• “So firmly ingrained is the combat mentality that neither party believes the opposing candidate is capable of "winning" the election — only that its own candidate or campaign is capable of losing it.”

  After the Fall

• “I stooped down and picked up the paper and would you believe it – so ingrained is my Parisian sense of comme il faut – I murmured "pardon" before I read it.”

  Bliss, and Other Stories

• “But football comes with a warning label ingrained in every parent's worrisome mind.”

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• “It’s something I had ingrained from a really young age as my grandmother had a fantastic sense of the ridiculous which she passed on to my mother and my aunt as well as to me.”

  Writing, Grief, and Stress at SF Novelists

• “Such assumptions are ingrained, which is why I advised Republicans not to hold their collective breath “courting the black vote.””

  Archive 2006-08-01

• “But it was a somewhat difficult task to overcome Karl's misgivings about himself, owing to the idea ingrained in his mind that he never could become a practical musician.”

  My Life — Volume 2

• “Alcatraz is a term deeply ingrained in our cultural consciousness as a source of mystery and curiosity, so it seems fitting that J.J. Abrams and...”

  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com

• “There was always the idea ingrained in you by the Sisters of St. Joseph, by the parochial schools, that you mustn't get too big for your britches . . .”

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