Deep-seated

"Deep-seated" in a Sentence (23 examples)

The president tried to make his case for war by subtly appealing to the electorate's deep-seated suspicion of Arabs.

My wife harbors a deep-seated resentment toward her father.

Deep-seated preferences cannot be argued about — you cannot argue a man into liking a glass of beer...

You can't convince a believer of anything; for their belief is not based on evidence, it's based on a deep-seated need to believe.

Layla began to develop a very deep-seated hatred towards white people.

Sami had a deep-seated prejudice against African Americans.

The causes are firstly rooted in deep-seated resentment.

Sami had that deep-seated gut feeling that something wasn't right.

Tom was filled with deep-seated, seething hatred of John and wanted to kill him, to strike him with a club or with a sword. However, he could not do that. He had to remain loyal to him as his vassal, to stand beside him in battle and look on as this man was ever accompanied by Mary, whom he, Tom, had fallen in love with already as a little boy.

The study by the Australian National University's Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research blames deep-seated racism and the lingering consequences of European colonization in 1788.

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a deep-seated tumour

Weaknesses in the earth’s crust allow deep-seated heat to rise nearer to the surface.

[…] the Ach in the Teeth of the upper Jaw occasions a gnawing Pain deep seated in the Bones of the Face,

winking knowingly with his comical little deep-seated black eyes

He washed [the food] down with beer and produced a deep-seated belch.

Some of the older people had started weeping, the kind of hemorrhaging, deep-seated sound that can only bring relief to the sufferer.

Swindon: Deep-seated heavy corrosion in the cast-iron station canopy supports may force their replacement when funding is available.

She has a deep-seated belief in the essential goodness of human nature.

[…] instead of the bright beams that used to play in those eyes, there was now a dark deep-seated sorrow, almost despair.

[…] a look in the eye and quality of manner that seemed to testify to some deep-seated terror of the mind.

Godmen are India’s major export of the last two decades […]. Once in a while, however, they also acquire a domestic following, by appealing to the deep-seated reverence in all Indians for spiritual wisdom and inner peace,

Alice, his sister-in-law, he was sure, had meant her offer kindly, and William’s advice had not been ill-intentioned, but they both suffered from a need, he felt, so deep-seated as to be well beyond their understanding, to have him act on their advice.

However, little was done, and it was only following new skilled appointments to the Crossrail board that it got a firm grip, with daily meetings held to resolve many of the deep-seated issues.

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