as in suffused
to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle
her training at the school for the deaf imbued her with a sense of purpose that she had never known before
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Recent Examples of imbued
But this is not quite a feel-bad thriller — it’s imbued with tremendous heart, and Dillane’s brilliant performance keeps it beating.
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David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2025
In just 43 years, the Canadian star gave us characters imbued with humor, emotion, and an easy honesty.
—Simon Bland, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2025
The production filmed in the Argentinian city of Córdoba and is imbued with local folklore as well as Cotella’s childhood memories.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
The tobacco is imbued with prayer and its smoke takes that prayer to Creator.
—Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
The first game famously took thirst-trap renditions of the Greek pantheon and imbued each figure with an insane amount of charm.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
Following their success came a sophomore line filled with international influences—African textiles, midcentury-style seating, and textural sconces imbued with Parisian flair.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 25 Sep. 2025
The project alternates between details of everyday life—imbued with a surreal, universal quality—and delicate, melancholic landscapes alongside portraits of figures suspended in time, inhabiting their own oneiric world.
—Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2025
Greaves, who was born in 1926 in Harlem and grew up there, was himself an heir of the Harlem Renaissance, imbued with the cultural currents that issued from it.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2025
David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2025
In just 43 years, the Canadian star gave us characters imbued with humor, emotion, and an easy honesty.
—Simon Bland, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2025
The production filmed in the Argentinian city of Córdoba and is imbued with local folklore as well as Cotella’s childhood memories.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
The tobacco is imbued with prayer and its smoke takes that prayer to Creator.
—Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
The first game famously took thirst-trap renditions of the Greek pantheon and imbued each figure with an insane amount of charm.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
Following their success came a sophomore line filled with international influences—African textiles, midcentury-style seating, and textural sconces imbued with Parisian flair.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 25 Sep. 2025
The project alternates between details of everyday life—imbued with a surreal, universal quality—and delicate, melancholic landscapes alongside portraits of figures suspended in time, inhabiting their own oneiric world.
—Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2025
Greaves, who was born in 1926 in Harlem and grew up there, was himself an heir of the Harlem Renaissance, imbued with the cultural currents that issued from it.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imbued
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Two frame types—the Breitling Chrono 0002 and Breitling Lémain 0001—are available directly from Cutler & Gross in different colors and editions, and each is suffused with nods to the Swiss watchmaker’s esteemed dive watch collection.—
Oren Hartov,
Robb Report,
7 Oct. 2025
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But will this common sense prevail in an era suffused with division and mutual political loathing?—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Sep. 2025
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Nuno infused the former Burnley and Newcastle player with supreme levels of confidence.—
Paul Taylor,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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At Stubborn Seed, they’re lightly grilled over charcoal and served with a potato foam infused with garlic and dill oil.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
10 Oct. 2025
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