How to Use teach in a Sentence

teach

verb
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  • Her injury will teach her not to be so careless with a knife.
  • The experience taught us that money doesn't mean everything.
  • He’s taught her to see the world in all its minute detail.
    — Margaret Atwood, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2023
  • Isn’t that what we were taught in civics, all those years ago, when civics was taught?
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 6 June 2024
  • All of these tools were a mystery to me, but Mr. Wesson taught me how to use them.
    — Outdoor Life, 23 Nov. 2023
  • Perhaps the third time was the charm, and the universe had been teaching me patience.
    — Sean Holiday, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Fuse took Cole to Japan and even taught him to speak Japanese.
    — Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 18 Jan. 2024
  • And Diana is just one of those people who can teach us about that.
    — Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2024
  • The students say that what the teachers were teaching them didn’t make sense.
    — Molly Gibbs, The Mercury News, 3 July 2024
  • And Donna has taught me so much about Midge and her journey through her clothes.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 26 May 2023
  • If Brancusi conceived of the bird, Alexander Calder taught it to fly.
    — Sarah Douglas, ARTnews.com, 4 July 2024
  • The history of white men in this country is taught in schools every day of the school year.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 4 July 2024
  • It’s been so fun meeting you at conferences and events around the city, and your emails have warmed my heart and taught me a lot.
    — Anne Sraders, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Some immigrants were trained in stitching from a young age, and it is rarely taught in US schools.
    — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Of course, Brown Bear taught about animals, but most of all colors.
    — Sari Hitchins, Parents, 15 Mar. 2024
  • His uncle said Aumavae-Laulu was taught to lean on his faith to get him through any hardship on and off the field.
    — Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 14 May 2023
  • When the older generation can no longer teach the tongue to the younger ones, a language is doomed.
    — Anvita Abbi, Scientific American, 16 May 2023
  • After teaching for 19 years, Wolfe left her dream job last year.
    — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Morris taught the class to 64 students across the academic year now winding down, 32 each in the spring and fall.
    — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 17 May 2023
  • Asked what ballet taught her about hard work, Campbell had a wealth of answers.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 26 July 2024
  • There was a teacher who was afraid to teach Killers of the Flower Moon in her school in Oklahoma, and the books were just piling up.
    — Sean Woods, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Living in a studio apartment has taught me a lot of space-saving hacks.
    — Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Bragg was on a break from public service, teaching at New York Law School.
    — Michael Rothfeld Emily Woo Zeller Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Even the stars agree: Saturn in Pisces wants to teach us all how to establish and maintain boundaries.
    — Emily Newhouse, Allure, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Each recipe helps kids sharpen their math skills, and teaches them life skills like patience.
    — Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Kelly Ouimet is teaching the Nepali couple how to drive.
    — Judith Prieve, The Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2024
  • Those who cannot perform teach, those who cannot create critique.
    — Les Borsai, SPIN, 26 July 2024
  • Today, both teach in the visual art department at UC San Diego.
    — Catherine Womack, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The Olympic swimmer is raising awareness for the importance of teaching kids to swim.
    — Maressa Brown, Parents, 4 July 2024
  • The courses are optional and taught at a college level, allowing students who score well on a final exam to earn college credit while still in high school.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 25 July 2024

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