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
For example, ruggedized cameras imbued with AI video analytics can continuously monitor hazardous environments for anomalous events.
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Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025
Chocolate is different from other sweets, imbued with properties that reach beyond the palate.
—Aleksandra Crapanzano, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2025
Taylor’s cerebral bent is nothing new, but here, it’s imbued with a fresh, tentative sweetness, and anchored by a genuinely swoony summer romance.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
That’s because, as it’s repeated, the masses will start treating the meme as if it’s imbued with meaning.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 16 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
Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025
Chocolate is different from other sweets, imbued with properties that reach beyond the palate.
—Aleksandra Crapanzano, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2025
Taylor’s cerebral bent is nothing new, but here, it’s imbued with a fresh, tentative sweetness, and anchored by a genuinely swoony summer romance.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
That’s because, as it’s repeated, the masses will start treating the meme as if it’s imbued with meaning.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 16 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imbued
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One of the great pleasures of anime is that its unabashed, rollicky genre pieces are often suffused with grand, but not grandiose, sociopolitical commentary — a heady combination that many similar pictures can’t pull off.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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His music, stuffed with live instrumentation and harmonic sophistication, is suffused with the sound and spirit of Sly Stone, Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix and Marvin Gaye, among many others.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 2025
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The new Vermillion sheeting collection is made with 52 percent polyester infused with CiClo technology and 48 percent modal.—
Jennifer Bringle,
Sourcing Journal,
7 Nov. 2025
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Oreo’s brand-new Thanksgiving Dinner Inspired Cookies are fudge-coated and infused with a range of festive flavors.—
Sabrina Weiss,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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