imbrued

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The historian Zosimus maliciously asserts, that the emperor had imbrued his hands in the blood of his eldest son, before he publicly renounced the gods of Rome and of his ancestors.

From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2 by Milman, Henry Hart

Deluded by the notion that I was playing with a fancy, I was suddenly aroused to find myself imbrued in facts.

From David Poindexter's Disappearance, and Other Tales by Hawthorne, Julian

Whether or not the hand of Laskowicz is imbrued in this the future will show.

From Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

No battle-pike his march imbrued, Unarmed he went midst martial mails, The footsore felt their hopes renewed To hear his homely tales.

From The Poets' Lincoln Tributes in Verse to the Martyred President by Oldroyd, Osborn H. (Osborn Hamiline)

Sunday morning; The Southern Cross in digger's gore imbrued, Was torn away, and left the diggers mourning!

From The Eureka Stockade by Carboni, Raffaello