Example sentences for: engender

How can you use “engender” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • As both the helicase activity and the C-terminus of BLM are required to maintain genomic stability it is likely that the C-terminus of BLM recognizes abnormal DNA structures and the helicase activity unwinds these multi-stranded structures to engender efficient repair.

  • Outside the world of pop psychology, it is likely to engender skepticism.

  • The Times and the WP each front long feature stories about how Internet companies engender and monitor relationships among strangers.

  • Starr rejects this interpretation of the guidelines and says he is authorized to brief reporters whenever necessary to "counter misinformation" and "engender confidence in the work of this office."

  • Some blast the film because it uses a child's death "as merely the first manipulation of many meant to engender sympathy for its heroine" and call it "fraudulent in every detail" (Joe Morgenstern, the Wall Street Journal ). Others deny these charges, saying the movie has "an emotional depth and psychological acuity that place it in a category by itself" (Stephen Holden, the New York Times ). Most concur in their estimation of Weaver's work: "emotionally direct … lovely, warm" (Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly ). (Click here to read a review of the Jane Hamilton novel that was the basis of the film.)


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