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.
• Do the work to cultivate stable, long-term relationships now.
  — Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2022
• Although the gamblers tried to cultivate Hawkins, nothing had come of their efforts.
  — New York Times, 18 Feb. 2022
• These microbes are cultivated in tanks and fed carbon feedstocks, such as sugar, to synthesize the textile dye.
  — Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 6 Jan. 2025
• Biskit’s goal is not only to curate an elite selection of homes but also to cultivate a consistent mark of quality.
  — Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 28 Jan. 2022
• That makes for a more productive and sustainable work environment, which is what every business leader is hoping to cultivate.
  — Sean Manning, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
• There is something divine about being known by people who act in love, who cultivate community even when screens and masks remain obstacles to connection.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Jan. 2022
• Manufacturers also would not be allowed to use dung or woodchips to cultivate the mushrooms or make synthetic psilocybin.
  — oregonlive, 14 Feb. 2022
• In short, this is a miserable agricultural crop to cultivate and incredibly labor-intensive to produce.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 21 Jan. 2022
• Losing his eyesight may or may not have helped Mr. Robbins cultivate a keener musical sensibility.
  — New York Times, 30 Jan. 2022
• For much of its history, the Jewish state cultivated bipartisan support in the United States.
  — Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 15 Jan. 2025
• 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

Last Updated: 3 Feb 2025