He understood that the truths which had been Engrained into his very being were much like seeds.
"If Any Man Sin"
H. A. Cody
The cardinal took me on one side and said he could not believe that I had not initiated her in the course of two months' intimacy, but I pointed out to him the immense force of long Engrained prejudice.
"The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons"
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
But when their instincts of obedience are strong, when the only home they know is with the colours, when the credit of their regiment is at stake-and even the most worthless have some feeling for their own corps-Engrained habit and familiar associations overcome their natural weakness.
"Stonewall Jackson And The American Civil War"
G. F. R. Henderson