How to Use teach in a Sentence
teach
verb
- Someone needs to teach her right and wrong.
- Her injury will teach her not to be so careless with a knife.
- She taught English for many years at the high school.
- The church teaches compassion and forgiveness.
- The experience taught us that money doesn't mean everything.
- He enjoys teaching his students about history.
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He’s taught her to see the world in all its minute detail.
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Margaret Atwood,
The Atlantic,
17 Dec. 2023
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All of these tools were a mystery to me, but Mr. Wesson taught me how to use them.
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Outdoor Life,
23 Nov. 2023
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Perhaps the third time was the charm, and the universe had been teaching me patience.
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Sean Holiday,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2024
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Fuse took Cole to Japan and even taught him to speak Japanese.
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Bahar Anooshahr,
The Arizona Republic,
18 Jan. 2024
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And Diana is just one of those people who can teach us about that.
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Krystie Lee Yandoli,
Rolling Stone,
3 Mar. 2024
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And Donna has taught me so much about Midge and her journey through her clothes.
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Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
26 May 2023
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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.
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Anne Sraders,
Fortune,
6 Oct. 2023
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Some immigrants were trained in stitching from a young age, and it is rarely taught in US schools.
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Jasmine Browley,
Essence,
6 Oct. 2023
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Of course, Brown Bear taught about animals, but most of all colors.
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Sari Hitchins,
Parents,
15 Mar. 2024
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His uncle said Aumavae-Laulu was taught to lean on his faith to get him through any hardship on and off the field.
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Josh Reed,
Anchorage Daily News,
14 May 2023
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When the older generation can no longer teach the tongue to the younger ones, a language is doomed.
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Anvita Abbi,
Scientific American,
16 May 2023
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After teaching for 19 years, Wolfe left her dream job last year.
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Chloe Berger,
Fortune,
9 Apr. 2024
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Morris taught the class to 64 students across the academic year now winding down, 32 each in the spring and fall.
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Zach Osterman,
The Indianapolis Star,
17 May 2023
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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.
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Sean Woods,
Rolling Stone,
16 Apr. 2023
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Living in a studio apartment has taught me a lot of space-saving hacks.
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Clara McMahon,
Peoplemag,
29 Jan. 2024
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Bragg was on a break from public service, teaching at New York Law School.
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Michael Rothfeld Emily Woo Zeller Krish Seenivasan David Mason,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2024
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Even the stars agree: Saturn in Pisces wants to teach us all how to establish and maintain boundaries.
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Emily Newhouse,
Allure,
22 Nov. 2023
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Each recipe helps kids sharpen their math skills, and teaches them life skills like patience.
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Brigitt Earley,
Glamour,
5 Dec. 2023
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Kelly Ouimet is teaching the Nepali couple how to drive.
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Judith Prieve,
The Mercury News,
27 Jan. 2024
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Today, both teach in the visual art department at UC San Diego.
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Catherine Womack,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Sep. 2023
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The contestant took Lawson to a knitting circle and taught her the steps during his hometown date.
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Haadiza Ogwude,
The Enquirer,
8 Aug. 2023
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The judgment also gives some plaintiffs a path to restoring their licenses to teach in New York City.
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Emma Green,
The New Yorker,
31 Oct. 2023
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Her madrina had taught her never to let black candles touch her skin.
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Myriam Gurba,
Los Angeles Times,
17 May 2023
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The aliens in Arrival seem similarly equipped with the ability to perceive both the past and the future and to teach that ability to Louise.
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Jennifer Ouellette and Sean M. Carroll,
Ars Technica,
24 Nov. 2023
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