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as in imbued
to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle
she was suffused with an overwhelming feeling of liberation as her horse broke into a gallop
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as in penetrated
to spread throughout
a living room suffused with warm sunlight
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Recent Examples of suffused
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.
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Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 14 Jan. 2026
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
The film draws power from the subtle specificity; Børsum’s voice, low and knowing, comes suffused with an ineffable meaning.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 5 Jan. 2026
They are suffused in glowy, surreal, ecstatic light.
—Adam Moss, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2025
In tantra, the material world and physical body are suffused by divine energy.
—Anya Foxen, The Conversation, 9 Dec. 2025
Every room in Charleston's Dewberry Hotel is subtly suffused with this scent.
—Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Nov. 2025
The director seems especially fascinated by the early twentieth century’s farewell rituals, suffused with religion and superstition.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2025
People are gathered in front of the stage, suffused with boozy energy and anticipation.
—Martin Fritz Huber, Outside, 6 Nov. 2025
Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 14 Jan. 2026
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
The film draws power from the subtle specificity; Børsum’s voice, low and knowing, comes suffused with an ineffable meaning.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 5 Jan. 2026
They are suffused in glowy, surreal, ecstatic light.
—Adam Moss, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2025
In tantra, the material world and physical body are suffused by divine energy.
—Anya Foxen, The Conversation, 9 Dec. 2025
Every room in Charleston's Dewberry Hotel is subtly suffused with this scent.
—Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Nov. 2025
The director seems especially fascinated by the early twentieth century’s farewell rituals, suffused with religion and superstition.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2025
People are gathered in front of the stage, suffused with boozy energy and anticipation.
—Martin Fritz Huber, Outside, 6 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for suffused
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Gisele Bündchen's 18kt gold and diamond necklace is imbued with special meaning.—
Hannah Malach,
InStyle,
14 Jan. 2026
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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
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Their toddler, who was watching, went into her bedroom and wailed as her father penetrated her mother.—
S. C. Cornell,
New Yorker,
5 Jan. 2026
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Iran’s clerical oligarchs are shaken and still sorting out how their defenses were compromised and their intelligence apparatus penetrated.—
Ray Takeyh,
Foreign Affairs,
4 Dec. 2025
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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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The questions were changed repeatedly before the advisers were scheduled to vote Thursday, an echo of some of the confusion that also pervaded previous meetings.—
Jamie Gumbrecht,
CNN Money,
5 Dec. 2025
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With each pot, cast iron skillet, and cooking utensil, Gilmore exemplified this longstanding tradition in Black life, negotiating her identity in America and resisting the ills of racial segregation that pervaded nearly every aspect of her community.—
Time,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
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And the heat shield’s performance has steeped Orion in controversy and criticism.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
31 Dec. 2025
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Most teas need to be steeped for between 2–5 minutes.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
26 Dec. 2025
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The smell of dirt, hay and horse manure permeated the building.—
Chris Torres,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Jan. 2026
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Storm says fear permeated daily life.—
Isabella Wandermurem,
Time,
6 Jan. 2026
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After a brief interlude outside for community members to reconnect, the pews filled up again.—
Camelia Heins,
Daily News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Giving love to local venues For McLaughlin and Arthurs, the goal was always to bring the film to venues around the Carolinas as a way to promote those spaces, like The Milestone, that were filled with local music history.—
Zach Dennis,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Jan. 2026
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Fans flooded the comments on Styles’ Instagram announcement with excitement about the new album.—
Charlie Vargas,
Oc Register,
16 Jan. 2026
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All such Broncos content has flooded Facebook feeds.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
15 Jan. 2026
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