Sentence examples for instil a fear from inspiring English sources

So there's a sense of isolation... .. Did that instil a fear in him?

When Truman was a boy, his character on the show was killed off to instil a fear of water in his son that would prevent Truman from leaving the set; however, he sneaks back onto the set when Truman is an adult.

It speaks with the voice of the gun and controls through instilling a fear of arrest and torture.

MANAGING SECURITIES The market crash of 2008 has instilled a fear of being overly concentrated with any one manager or firm.

I proposed that someone should attempt a citizens' arrest, in the hope of instilling a fear of punishment among those who plan illegal wars.

Robert V. DiClemente, an economist at Salomon Smith Barney, said the Fed was trying to walk a line between recognizing the reality of the strengthening economy without undercutting the recovery by instilling a fear of higher interest rates in the bond market.

Terrorism works only insofar as it terrorizes – if it instils a fear that changes our behaviors, limits our ability to live normally and chips away at our most valued institutions.

That crisis alone robbed Germans of their savings and instilled a fear of inflation that was passed down from generation to generation and remains deeply entrenched to this day.

Nowadays it is a lightning rod for fines, some of them big enough to wipe out years of profits.Worse, the zeal with which authorities have pursued miscreant firms has instilled a fear of seizing opportunities in the industry's titans.

Society has instilled a fear in us that if our boy doesn't play sports, than he is uninvolved.

Fundamentalists lord power over children, invoking spiritual terms like biblical authority, godly discipline, and instilling a fear of the Lord.