instilled; instilling; instills
1
: to impart gradually
instilling a love of learning in children
2
: to cause to enter drop by drop
instill medication into the infected eye
Synonyms of instill
Examples of instill in a Sentence
a charismatic leader who instilled in his followers a passionate commitment to the cause
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Indeed, a stagnant job market, along with tech leaders warning of mass AI job displacement, has instilled fear in many recent grads.
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Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 19 May 2026
The Avalanche have been instilled as a plus-135 to capture the Cup, while the Golden Knights are plus-575.
—ABC News, 19 May 2026
Amid the chaos and open sewage, there had been some attempt to instill some order, but a conversation with a pregnant woman revealed a darker reality beneath the daily struggle for survival.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 16 May 2026
That’s something that AI makers instill in their LLMs.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for instill
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“Instill.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/instill. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
Copy CitationKids Definition
instill
verb
in·still
in-ˈstil 
: to gradually cause to feel or have
instill a love of music
instiller
noun
Medical Definition
instill
transitive verb
in·still
in-ˈstil
instilled; instilling
: to cause to enter especially drop by drop
instill medication into the infected eye
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