deep-seated
adjective
deep-seat·ed
ˈdēp-ˈsē-təd 
1
: situated far below the surface
a deep-seated inflammation
2
: firmly established
a deep-seated tradition
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Examples of deep-seated in a Sentence
has deep-seated convictions about religion that no one is ever going to change
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For Cohen, worldly maturity ushered in an altogether different woundedness, a mesmeric—and distinctly not adolescent—sadness, deep-seated and temperamental but intensified by crippling doubts about his gifts, about his singing especially.
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Stephen Metcalf, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2024
Moral compass Moral fibre One is rational, explicit, and defined by one’s social or professional community; the other is emotional, deep-seated, and dictated by one’s conscience or god.
—Hazlitt, 10 Apr. 2024
Grosvenor’s ties to the royal family are deep-seated.
—Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 3 Dec. 2023
My husband’s hitherto unknown, but apparently deep-seated, yen to make pizza first revealed itself two summers ago.
—Sunshine Flint, wsj.com, 26 Sep. 2023
By 2019, public distrust of the elite was deep-seated.
—Michael C. Desch, Harper's Magazine, 11 Sep. 2023
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Stephen Metcalf, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2024
Moral compass Moral fibre One is rational, explicit, and defined by one’s social or professional community; the other is emotional, deep-seated, and dictated by one’s conscience or god.
—Hazlitt, 10 Apr. 2024
Grosvenor’s ties to the royal family are deep-seated.
—Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 3 Dec. 2023
My husband’s hitherto unknown, but apparently deep-seated, yen to make pizza first revealed itself two summers ago.
—Sunshine Flint, wsj.com, 26 Sep. 2023
By 2019, public distrust of the elite was deep-seated.
—Michael C. Desch, Harper's Magazine, 11 Sep. 2023
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“Deep-seated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deep-seated. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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