How to Use cultivate in a Sentence

cultivate

verb

• She cultivated a taste for fine wines.
• Some of the fields are cultivated while others lie fallow.
• Prehistoric peoples settled the area and began to cultivate the land.
• They survived by cultivating vegetables and grain.
• He has carefully cultivated his image.
• The idea was to explore and cultivate the beauty and botanical benefits of this signature bloom.
  — Jessica Matlin, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 June 2022
• So think like an expat and cultivate interest in perpetually seeing things in new ways.
  — Cate Rubenstein, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2022
• Hanan Townshend’s score, with its heavy, rhythmic breathing and ethereal tones, cultivates a constant atmosphere of unease.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
• And Democratic leaders need to cultivate and build networks for advancing young progressive lawyers rather than leaving progressives to make it on their own.
  — CNN, 27 June 2022
• According to Patten, there are a few key areas where leaders can invest their time and energy to cultivate a thriving culture built to sustain long-term success.
  — Serenity Gibbons, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
• In January, Nguyen took their at-large seat with a passion to build community and cultivate a culture of advocacy and justice.
  — Jeneé Osterheldt, BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2022
• Those were the first words the predator used to cultivate the kid.
  — oregonlive, 17 Mar. 2020
• The roads were wide and good, and the country well cultivated. . . .
  — Lance Morrow, National Review, 2 Nov. 2017
• Somebody had to bring them to the fore, somebody had to cultivate them.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Dec. 2021
• As one of the hottest artists in the city, Ice Spice has cultivated a wide network of artist peers.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 8 Aug. 2024
• And that can cultivate a sense of connection with the bears.
  — Eva Botkin-Kowacki, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Oct. 2020
• That was one of the pieces of the puzzle to cultivate love and compassion for myself.
  — Nathalie Kelley As Told To Sarah Spellings, The Cut, 26 Oct. 2017
• The upper part of the valley is well peopled, and many of the hills are cultivated high up.
  — Scientific American, 20 Apr. 2020
• Our purpose is to cultivate and care for the children in our keep.
  — Kirsten West Savali, The Root, 6 Oct. 2017
• Then readers learn how to cultivate, harvest and cook with the herbs.
  — oregonlive.com, 30 July 2019
• The response to this has been to cultivate the idea of the warrior officer.
  — David A. Harris, Fortune, 30 June 2020
• The gentle pink tones of rose quartz can cultivate qualities of love and self-love.
  — Jean Chen Smith, The Enquirer, 24 Oct. 2021
• Best of all, the complex flavors don't take a long time to cultivate, Sequeira adds.
  — Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 7 Nov. 2023
• Rather, Farhadi sees Pictionary as a way to cultivate skills that can be transferred out of the game realm.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2023
• Podcasts that are able to cultivate a fandom that wants in on that journey are the ones poised to survive.
  — Marah Eakin, WIRED, 23 Mar. 2023
• The indoor cycling chain has a way of cultivating die-hard fans.
  — Health.com, 17 Jan. 2018
• Her top three life tips are to do good, to surround yourself with smarter people, and to cultivate a few best friends.
  — Diane Bellcolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2022
• The spice is one of the world’s most elusive, complex and hard to cultivate ingredients.
  — Julia Halperin, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2023
• The wealth of this nation was built because of our ability to cultivate food.
  — Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2021
• The plan is to find some open land in Key Largo in the next few years and replant the fragments botanists are currently cultivating.
  — Alex Harris, Orlando Sentinel, 12 July 2024

Last Updated: 29 Nov 2024