Repetition is key to ingraining a new pattern into your brain.
From the kansas.com
If you give into the religious know nothings you will be ingraining ignorance in your state for generations.
From the economist.com
In the midst of a mobile-app boom, Angry Birds is, in effect, the first of its kind to go mainstream, ingraining itself in everyone from tweens to Al Gore.
From the newsweek.com
Knowles, who was awarded an honorary doctorate by Fisk in 2008, credits the school with ingraining a strong work ethic, as well as an ability to think outside the box.
From the tennessean.com
Coaches teach you to imagine, in fine detail, succeeding at the task ahead again and again, ingraining the lesson to help make it reality when the big day arrives.
From the washingtonpost.com
Hollywood tends to magnify the stereotype by recycling it in scenes depicting violence and crime, furthering ingraining it into the public's collective conscience, Jasper said.
From the cnn.com
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Thoroughly work in; "His hands were grained with dirt"
Impress: produce or try to produce a vivid impression of; "Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us"
(ingrained) deep-rooted: (used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held; "deep-rooted prejudice"; "deep-seated differences of opinion"; "implanted convictions"; "ingrained habits of a lifetime"; "a deeply planted need"
(ingraining) inculcation: teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition
Ingrain (or wood-chip) wallpaper is a decorating material. It consists of two layers of paper with wood fibre in between; different kinds of ingrain wallpaper are distinguished by the size and form of the fibre pieces.
To make something deeply part of something else, either literally or figuratively
(ingrained) Being an element; present in the essence of a thing; Fixed, established