instilling

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She looked at him with a wild tenderness, instilling, at pleasure, into his veins the poison of burning passion then escaping him, the tears gathering in her eyes.

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  • With his warriors still lost in the clearing stands, the lieutenant took control, instilling order into the fleeing cowards, clearing the way for the coming battle. —  VANCE MOORE
  • "Sixteen, Fifteen, Fourteen" is weirder, a locked-in-the-basement freak cousin to Zeppelin's folkier offerings, with Harvey's wails, pants, and whispers instilling the track with the right degree of crazy. —  Pitchfork: Latest News
  • "It's about instilling the work ethic and an expectation," she said. —  Times Leader News
  • Revenge is the dish served cold here, instilling the faint air of focus to the events, as Dominic and Brian work diligently to bring the mystery bad guy to justice, leaving little room to pore over dramatic nonsense that, let's be honest here, nobody in this cast is capable of articulating. —  Filmfodder News and Reviews
  • The seminary strenuously, ardently teaches you theology and philosophy, what to do, how to act, what to say, how to say it, all the while subtly instilling in the man what it means to be a man for others. —  Cardinal Seán's Blog
 

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