How to Use endow in a Sentence

endow

verb

• The wealthy couple endowed a new wing of the hospital.
• The money will be used to endow the museum and research facility.
• She plans to endow a faculty position at the university.
• The only ones known that are so endowed are the lampreys.
  — The Economist, 5 Apr. 2018
• It’s unknown whom the king will endow with the crown and diamond.
  — Brahmjot Kaur, NBC News, 12 Sep. 2022
• Shiny black zip-up boots endowed his steps with a peppy bounce.
  — Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2023
• The prize is endowed by the Schmidts, who are collectors and patrons, through 2030.
  — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 16 July 2024
• With the courage endowed by two beers, Ms. Shaw put herself forward.
  — Alex Traub, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2024
• One, a number of years ago, was when the foundation was endowed.
  — Noel Burgess, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2024
• If brought online, Kokoro will be endowed with the same power as Skynet.
  — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 June 2024
• Shaw had endowed his flower girl with a much greater gift than a good ear: the ability to be free of her own sculptor.
  — Corby Kummer, The Atlantic, 8 July 2018
• Only then should they be endowed with power that would be hard to revoke.
  — Kristina Libby, Popular Mechanics, 6 Aug. 2019
• In his prime Davis was endowed with a sixth sense for assessing talent.
  — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 27 Aug. 2019
• Nor did it faze voters in Myanmar, where many endowed her with a saintlike stature.
  — Timothy McLaughlin, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2024
• Being on land for the first time this year, Holy Ship! had the chance to endow these sunset slots with even more magic by placing them right on the beach.
  — Harry Levin, Billboard, 29 Jan. 2020
• As in the Disney film, Pinocchio is endowed with a chirping conscience in the form of a sidekick insect.
  — Ben Brantley, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2018
• But in 2009, one of her former students, who has since passed away, endowed a scholarship in her name.
  — Sarah Wyman, Scientific American, 27 June 2024
• Music and years have endowed her with confidence and courage.
  — Billboard China, Billboard, 13 July 2023
• Revivals endow the past with the charm of distance and inconsequence.
  — Christopher Lasch, Harper's Magazine, 22 June 2021
• A couple of bright, shining hours can endow a day with a felicitous look and feel.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2023
• In endowing us with religion, the moon taught humans a new form of thinking.
  — Rebecca Boyle, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2024
• Watson seemed to be endowed with the kind of clerical skills humans use on a host of real-world problems.
  — Joshua Sokol, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2018
• Sovereign wealth funds could endow the states with a permanent source of revenue, even when the oil stops flowing.
  — Michael J. Coren, Quartz, 1 Aug. 2020
• On the plus side, the journalism department at alma mater Stanford just got him endowed as a Knight chair.
  — Dwight Perry / Sideline Chatter, The Seattle Times, 9 Feb. 2018
• Umaña endows Victoria with a fiery dignity that doesn’t need the replay of her fraught last days in office.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024
• The couple’s gift in 2006 endowed the full tuition subsidy and special funding for student research projects and study abroad.
  — Sam Roberts, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2019
• The school said the dress was given to the priest to be used to support the drama department and that the proceeds from the auction will endow a faculty chair position.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 24 May 2022
• Each of these Civics is endowed with precise steering and a supple, lively chassis.
  — Car and Driver, 26 Jan. 2018
• That can be a little too much for some women whose partners are very well-endowed, explains Dr. Landa.
  — Isadora Baum, Health.com, 7 May 2018
• The heme complexes capture oxygen, turning bright red and endowing blood cells with their color.
  — Byandrew Zaleski, science.org, 3 July 2024

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024