- present tense form of imbue (3rd person singular).
imbues
Example Sentences
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I’m a person who creates characters, imbues them with problems and makes up situations for them to struggle through toward emotional epiphanies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026
Ms. O’Hara has the more richly written role, and she imbues Carmen with a gentle sense of yearning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025
Wever imbues every word with a subtle nefariousness, bringing a depth to the film that it so desperately needs.
From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2025
He didn’t just co-write this tale of two estranged brothers excavating their complicated history — he imbues it with his essence, its reason for being.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025
The saffron tea-rose is an exotic of exotics, and the daintiest of fine ladies bears it in her jewelled fingers to the opera, and there imbues it with the languid ecstasy of an Italian melody.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
