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
Gisele Bündchen's 18kt gold and diamond necklace is imbued with special meaning.
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Hannah Malach, InStyle, 14 Jan. 2026
This is the big stage, and these games are imbued with a sense of elevated stakes by Canucks fans and ownership alike.
—Thomas Drance, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
But David did put in place an unusual corporate reporting structure in which Weiss reports directly to him, rather than through the head of CBS — an arrangement that has imbued every decision Weiss has made with speculation about whether David might be influencing her choices.
—Reeves Wiedeman, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2026
For Martinez, the heart of the play lies in connection, honesty, and the truth Lopez has imbued in the characters’ lives.
—Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 9 Jan. 2026
His grandparents imbued his childhood with tales about the strip of land at the center of a Cherokee town built by their ancestors more than 1,000 years ago.
—Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2026
The particular bodily plights of the thirty-something jock don’t stem simply from the inherent risk imbued in competitive sports.
—Grace Perry, Outside, 1 Jan. 2026
During Ghost Month, the seventh month of the Chinese lunisolar calendar, auctioneers sell seemingly ordinary items—backpacks, calculators, tchotchkes—imbued with a spiritual charge thought to bring good luck.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
If New Year’s Eve is about celebration, New Year’s Day is imbued with superstition.
—Vogue, 30 Dec. 2025
Hannah Malach, InStyle, 14 Jan. 2026
This is the big stage, and these games are imbued with a sense of elevated stakes by Canucks fans and ownership alike.
—Thomas Drance, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
But David did put in place an unusual corporate reporting structure in which Weiss reports directly to him, rather than through the head of CBS — an arrangement that has imbued every decision Weiss has made with speculation about whether David might be influencing her choices.
—Reeves Wiedeman, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2026
For Martinez, the heart of the play lies in connection, honesty, and the truth Lopez has imbued in the characters’ lives.
—Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 9 Jan. 2026
His grandparents imbued his childhood with tales about the strip of land at the center of a Cherokee town built by their ancestors more than 1,000 years ago.
—Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2026
The particular bodily plights of the thirty-something jock don’t stem simply from the inherent risk imbued in competitive sports.
—Grace Perry, Outside, 1 Jan. 2026
During Ghost Month, the seventh month of the Chinese lunisolar calendar, auctioneers sell seemingly ordinary items—backpacks, calculators, tchotchkes—imbued with a spiritual charge thought to bring good luck.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
If New Year’s Eve is about celebration, New Year’s Day is imbued with superstition.
—Vogue, 30 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imbued
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Slow-attack tones emerge and are subsumed back within the haze, like single strands of a spiderweb zooming in and out of focus; the uppermost reaches are suffused in a delicate scrim of what sounds like electronic crickets.—
Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
14 Jan. 2026
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Its pages are suffused with love for her mother and for the myriad anonymous Chinese sources and academics who help Chang in researching her historical projects — and suffered blowback as a result.—
Emily Feng,
NPR,
13 Jan. 2026
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But the distinction may not be quite so neat, because the record is infused by Jesus, Christian imagery and matters of God to an extent that goes beyond easy symbolism.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Jan. 2026
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The Protein Pizza is made with pizza dough infused with whey protein and comes in two flavors, The Meats and The Veggie, per a press release.—
Sabrina Weiss,
PEOPLE,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Imbued.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imbued. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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