imbrue
Example Sentences
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He took a comprehensive glance about the room; then, extracting a dish from he closet, proceeded to imbrue his hands in the strawberries' blood.
From A Modern Cinderella Or, the Little Old Shoe and Other Stories by Alcott, Louisa May
Men generally do not specially desire to imbrue their hands in the blood of other men.
From The Life of Cicero Volume One by Trollope, Anthony
He took a comprehensive glance about the room; then, extracting a dish from the closet, proceeded to imbrue his hands in the strawberries' blood.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 36, October, 1860 by Various
In another minute," said Berry, "I shall imbrue this omelet with tears.
From Jonah and Co. by Yates, Dornford
This strange affray, What can it mean, magnanimous Prince? would you So bright a blade imbrue In blood that age already doth congeal?
From Life Is a Dream by MacCarthy, Denis Florence