as in to soak
to wet thoroughly with liquid
impregnated the cloth with furniture polish
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Recent Examples of impregnate
In Episode 7, audiences finally got to see the creature in action after Arthur (David Rysdahl) is impregnated by the specimen, paying homage to Kane’s (John Hurt) death on the Nostromo.
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Leia Mendoza, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
Shortly thereafter, Jenny and Olivia discover that they’ve both been impregnated by Connor, throwing a wrench in his and Olivia’s now-blossoming relationship.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
The $100,000 in damages could go in full to the pregnant person, the person who impregnated them, or certain close relatives.
—Chantelle Lee, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
In one of his first major film roles, Anthony Mackie plays a newly unemployed executive who, desperate for money, agrees to impregnate his lesbian ex-girlfriend (Kerry Washington) and all her friends.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2025
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Leia Mendoza, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
Shortly thereafter, Jenny and Olivia discover that they’ve both been impregnated by Connor, throwing a wrench in his and Olivia’s now-blossoming relationship.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
The $100,000 in damages could go in full to the pregnant person, the person who impregnated them, or certain close relatives.
—Chantelle Lee, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
In one of his first major film roles, Anthony Mackie plays a newly unemployed executive who, desperate for money, agrees to impregnate his lesbian ex-girlfriend (Kerry Washington) and all her friends.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impregnate
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Usually, one of those socks ends up inside the twisted sheet, and both come out of the dryer soaking wet.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
3 Nov. 2025
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His fiction, neither notably blood-soaked nor mythologically freighted, also differs starkly from the work of Larry McMurtry and Cormac McCarthy, contemporaries who likewise were famously steeped in the West.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
30 Oct. 2025
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We’re saturated with incoherence — fragmented media, endless information, constant moral redefinition.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
29 Oct. 2025
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In 1816 the stratosphere was saturated with Tambora’s dust, and sea ice nearly wrecked Scoresby’s ship off the eastern coast of Greenland.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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When the bodies of the drowned are retrieved, they’re sent to Alexandroupoli to be identified.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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In an effort to save their relationship, Smith drowned her two young sons.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
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Two people died after lower rooms flooded in New York City on Thursday as heavy rain drenched the region, authorities said.—
Phil Helsel,
NBC news,
30 Oct. 2025
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The stalks are drenched in a garlic-and-anchovy vinaigrette sharpened with vinegar and mellowed with extra-virgin olive oil.—
Katie Parla,
Saveur,
30 Oct. 2025
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The aromatic base of Macabeo grapes gets its color from unripe green walnuts, macerated with 150 botanicals before being aged in oak for six months.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
21 Oct. 2025
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Let apples stand at room temperature fat least 1 hour or up to 24 hours to macerate and release their juices, stirring occasionally.—
Staff Author,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Impregnate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impregnate. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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