How to Use cultivate in a Sentence

cultivate

verb
Definition of cultivatenext
Synonyms for cultivatenext
  • Some of the fields are cultivated while others lie fallow.
  • Prehistoric peoples settled the area and began to cultivate the land.
  • He was known for his ability to cultivate talent, both among artists and executives.
    — Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 18 July 2024
  • Its green hues are aligned with the heart chakra, helping Gemini cultivate balance between their head and heart space.
    — Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 21 May 2024
  • This project aims to cultivate and nurture a new generation of designers with tools to create with circularity in mind.
    — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 3 June 2024
  • But despite all that — or, perhaps, because of all that — she’s cultivated an army of diehard supporters from the North Idaho grassroots.
    — Daniel Walters, Idaho Statesman, 14 May 2024
  • Parents and educators are finding ways to help boys cultivate emotional connections.
    — Courtney E. Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 May 2024
  • Scientists have been cultivating the Key Largo tree cactus and are hoping to reintroduce the species in a new location on higher ground in the future.
    — Devika Rao, theweek, 17 July 2024
  • To cultivate and harness these sunny attributes, exploring the best crystals for Leo can be especially empowering.
    — Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 25 July 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Staffing well and cultivating winning resources are the best ways to counter pitfalls in this area.
    — Lloyd Adams, Quartz, 14 June 2023
  • Gates, though, didn’t need to look far for examples of how artists—and art—could help cultivate that new vision.
    — Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Peltz then worked with stylist Leslie Fremar to cultivate a front row-worthy look, too.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2020
  • One idea was to build a small lake to help cultivate population growth.
    — Michael Williams, Dallas News, 16 June 2021

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