as in soaked
to wet thoroughly with liquid
impregnated the cloth with furniture polish
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Recent Examples of impregnated
Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 18 Feb. 2025
An Amber Alert has been issued for a pregnant Wisconsin teen, who police believe is with the 40-year-old man who impregnated her.
—Julia Reinstein, ABC News, 5 Feb. 2025
Listen to this article An Amber Alert has been issued for pregnant Wisconsin teen Sophia Franklin who is believed to be with the 40-year-old man who impregnated her.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2025
One contributing reason was that the boy who impregnated her was abusive, violent and three years her senior.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
There are, miraculously enough, two 2024 horror films about an American nun who joins a convent in Italy where she’s impregnated with something unholy as part of an evil Church plot.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
Instead, the narrative focuses on Karoline (Vic Carmen Sonne), a factory worker in the wake of World War I who is impregnated by her rich boss and then discarded after his mother disapproves.
—Esther Zuckerman, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
While the cow is milking, she is impregnated.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
Adjective
The fibers are aligned, impregnated, pulled into a heated die, and thermally set before being continuously pulled and cut to size.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 18 Feb. 2025
An Amber Alert has been issued for a pregnant Wisconsin teen, who police believe is with the 40-year-old man who impregnated her.
—Julia Reinstein, ABC News, 5 Feb. 2025
Listen to this article An Amber Alert has been issued for pregnant Wisconsin teen Sophia Franklin who is believed to be with the 40-year-old man who impregnated her.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2025
One contributing reason was that the boy who impregnated her was abusive, violent and three years her senior.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
There are, miraculously enough, two 2024 horror films about an American nun who joins a convent in Italy where she’s impregnated with something unholy as part of an evil Church plot.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
Instead, the narrative focuses on Karoline (Vic Carmen Sonne), a factory worker in the wake of World War I who is impregnated by her rich boss and then discarded after his mother disapproves.
—Esther Zuckerman, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
While the cow is milking, she is impregnated.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impregnated
Verb
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That event was booze-soaked; Zachary is now many years sober.—
Jordan Michelman,
The Atlantic,
4 Sep. 2025
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The sod is reset and soaked thoroughly.—
Steven Searcy,
IEEE Spectrum,
31 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The true cost of a city destroyed and then saturated by munitions might not be measured in the number of shells fired, dollars spent to rehabilitate, or even lives.—
Michael Jerome Plunkett
September 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Sep. 2025
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More than 600 missiles and drones, civilian infrastructure hit, air defenses saturated.—
Brett Erickson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Each of these paintings presents a burst of brightness against a brooding dark background, and each is mysterious.—
Cullen Murphy,
Air Mail,
23 Aug. 2025
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Many modern and contemporary writers are drawn to the villanelle as a way to circle around their subject matter, exploring obsession, enchantment, brooding, or the slow work of untangling a difficult emotion.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
19 Aug. 2025
Verb
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At least four people drowned at McKinley Beach alone in 2020, which prompted Milwaukee County officials to close it for the remainder of the year — though the closure actually lasted until last spring, with restoration effort complications and an active lifeguard shortage.—
Cailey Gleeson,
jsonline.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Through last Saturday, at least 32 people had drowned in Lake Michigan this year, according to the Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project, which tracks deaths on all five Great Lakes.—
Adriana Pérez,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Veronique, a clever favorite, learns her lover is the king, becomes pregnant and is quietly married off, never to return.—
Ashlee Conour,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Sep. 2025
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Hager was pregnant during filming, which may have contributed to her departure.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Josep Foraster Brisat del Coster Macabeu A skin macerated wine with 25 days of skin contact.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Women deserve real safeguards—medical evaluations, ultrasounds to confirm gestational age and rule out ectopic pregnancies, informed consent, and assurance that their decision is truly voluntary.—
Christa Brown,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
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In 2014, Blankenship and her husband — who now share a daughter, 9-year-old Greenleigh — had just started discussing the possibility of getting an egg donor or finding a gestational carrier.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
27 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The scene looked all the more bleak after a mammoth thunderstorm drenched the ground in the second half, with the image of a soaking-wet Amorim frantically consulting his tactics board serving as the perfect metaphor for the club’s current state.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
28 Aug. 2025
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Each silky mask is drenched in the radiance-boosting essence, powered by La Mer’s iconic Miracle Broth (a nutrient-rich blend of sea kelp, minerals, and antioxidants), along with glycerin and algae extracts to deeply replenish moisture and soften the look of fine lines.—
Jennifer Hussein,
Allure,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Impregnated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impregnated. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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