as in suffuses
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 imbues
But like with all of his sets, Holmes imbues wisdom in even the most juvenile of jokes.
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Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 24 Mar. 2026
The instrumentation is rich and textured, while Bunbury’s delivery imbues the song with wisdom and raw vulnerability.
—Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 13 Mar. 2026
The men’s capsule imbues the same collegiate spirit, with polos and shirting in sprightly patterns—albeit, slightly bolder than women’s—alongside said new take on the retailer’s windproof blouson, in khaki, sand and navy, plus relaxed sports shorts.
—Alice Cary, Vogue, 3 Mar. 2026
Natalie Haynes fleshes out the backstories of her cast—Jason, a handsome ship captain on a quest for the Golden Fleece, the scheming sorceress Medea, and Olympian deities toying with mortals like marionettes—and imbues them all with contemporary vibes.
—Hamilton Cain, Time, 3 Mar. 2026
As in Pillion and elsewhere, Melling imbues a premise’s potential grotesqueries with real and specific feelings.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2026
Slovenia declared independence from Yugoslavia only in 1991, and for this young nation, sport imbues it with a sense of pride.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Farr recorded the album on vintage TASCAM multi-track recorders and did his overdubs on reel-to-reel tape, a finicky process that stretches the tape and imbues the music with the ghosts of previous takes.
—Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 14 Jan. 2026
The Oscar winner imbues the character with her trademark twinkle, often seen strolling barefoot through corridors or lounging in her captain’s chair like a cat at ease.
—Zaki Hasan, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Jan. 2026
Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 24 Mar. 2026
The instrumentation is rich and textured, while Bunbury’s delivery imbues the song with wisdom and raw vulnerability.
—Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 13 Mar. 2026
The men’s capsule imbues the same collegiate spirit, with polos and shirting in sprightly patterns—albeit, slightly bolder than women’s—alongside said new take on the retailer’s windproof blouson, in khaki, sand and navy, plus relaxed sports shorts.
—Alice Cary, Vogue, 3 Mar. 2026
Natalie Haynes fleshes out the backstories of her cast—Jason, a handsome ship captain on a quest for the Golden Fleece, the scheming sorceress Medea, and Olympian deities toying with mortals like marionettes—and imbues them all with contemporary vibes.
—Hamilton Cain, Time, 3 Mar. 2026
As in Pillion and elsewhere, Melling imbues a premise’s potential grotesqueries with real and specific feelings.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2026
Slovenia declared independence from Yugoslavia only in 1991, and for this young nation, sport imbues it with a sense of pride.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Farr recorded the album on vintage TASCAM multi-track recorders and did his overdubs on reel-to-reel tape, a finicky process that stretches the tape and imbues the music with the ghosts of previous takes.
—Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 14 Jan. 2026
The Oscar winner imbues the character with her trademark twinkle, often seen strolling barefoot through corridors or lounging in her captain’s chair like a cat at ease.
—Zaki Hasan, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imbues
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To this day, kingship suffuses Iranian literature and mythology.—
Azadeh Moaveni,
New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2026
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Fredericksburg, Texas Located in the Texas Hill Country with a population just shy of 12,000, Fredericksburg was founded in 1846 by German immigrants—and that heritage suffuses the town's food, architecture, and culture today.—
Patricia Doherty,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Mar. 2026
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Ross also created one of the grandest F1 events in North America, a race that annually infuses hundreds of millions into the local community in one weekend.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
24 Mar. 2026
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Bachmann said this infuses the flavor into the salad.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Imbues.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imbues. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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