"ingrain" is a correctly spelled and usable word in written English.
It is a verb which means to make something a part of someone's character or nature, or to make a pattern of behaviour become firmly established. Example sentence: His family's hard-working values and strong ethical principles were ingrained in him since a young age.
We will get on the last tube home, and we will walk up our streets alone, because we will not ingrain or submit to the idea that we are putting ourselves in danger in doing so.
The deputy foreign minister, Peter Burian, and Mr Lajčák himself were educated in Moscow and groomed in Washington and Brussels, and they seek to ingrain what they call the "modern, depoliticised culture based on competitiveness, dynamism and open information loops" at the Slovak ministry.
These are ingrain dyeing methods.
Because many azo dyes are substituted anilines, they can be transformed to ingrain dyes for improved fastness after application as direct or, in some cases, disperse dyes to cotton and acetate rayon, respectively.
The discovery of the azo dyes led to the development of ingrain dyeing, whereby the dye is synthesized within the fabric (see above Dyeing techniques: Azo dyeing techniques).
In 1912 it was found that 2-hydroxy-3-naphthanilide (Naphtol AS, from the German Naphtol Anilid Säure) forms a water-soluble anion with affinity for cotton, a major step in the development of the ingrain dyes.
At Argos, pink scooters marketed at girls cost £5 more than the identical blue scooters aimed at boys (kudos for ingraining the sexism from an early age).
Campaigners say that a lack of leading female characters in children's television risks ingraining sexism in a new generation.
Though multitasking millennials seem to be more open to distraction as a workplace norm, the wholehearted embrace of open offices may be ingraining a cycle of underperformance in their generation: they enjoy, build, and proselytize for open offices, but may also suffer the most from them in the long run.
For critics, the draft law is seen as a step that further ingrains sectarianism.
"I want to be a citizen, not a subject," complained Terry A. "The monarchy just ingrains the idea of inherited wealth and privilege," said Terry B., who nevertheless still treasures the miniature souvenir Royal Coach he was given at the Coronation.
