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.
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The factor that matters more than anything else is cultivating buy-in.
— Expert Panel®, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024 -
However, the species favors the Tree of Heaven and wild and cultivated grapes.
— Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 4 Oct. 2024 -
This perspective has enabled me to cultivate meaningful relationships with each child in a unique way.
— William Earl, Variety, 8 Oct. 2024 -
The scene that Laboe helped cultivate in California became of the nation’s most diverse.
— Christopher Weber, ajc, 11 Oct. 2022 -
The scene that Laboe helped cultivate in California became of the nation's most diverse.
— Christopher Weber, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2022 -
There is no reason to expect that most marijuana consumers will want to cultivate their own plants; those who use the drug regularly are the most likely prospects.
— Jamie Gold, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2022 -
And now for 35 of our favorite Thanksgiving scriptures to help cultivate hearts of gratitude this festive season and beyond.
— Blair Donovan, Country Living, 17 Oct. 2022 -
The law in Virginia allowed individuals 21 or older to possess up to one ounce of marijuana in public and cultivate up to four pot plants at home.
— John D. Harden, Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2022 -
Free livestream meditations that help participants cultivate awareness and compassion for themselves and others.
— Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 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 -
In the absence of an ethical consensus, Hanna is at work trying to cultivate his models to the equivalent of day 21, roughly the end of gastrulation.
— Kristen V. Brown, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2024
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