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imbue

[im-byoo] / ɪmˈbju /


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While eager to imbue him with reverential status, the Party is simultaneously wary that almost any discussion of Mao's legacy could rake up uncomfortable memories.

From BBC Apr. 19, 2026

"Artificial intelligence lacks feelings and memories; in short, it has no nafas... It can't imbue it into food."

From Barron's Nov. 30, 2025

Although his public persona was quite vivid—convivial, erudite but unpretentious, articulate, and unfailingly charming—he did not imbue his buildings with a distinctive graphic sensibility.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 28, 2025

How did you imbue your experiences from Hibiscus and Eleven Madison Park into The Noortwyck?

From Salon Nov. 13, 2024

Ernest’s genius, Seaborg perceived, was to draw into his orbit like-minded scientists in every field, not just physics, and imbue them with his own drive to build and perfect his magnificent invention.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

MacKay imbues this inarticulate everyman with a guarded vulnerability.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 19, 2026

Ms. Clark imbues Hillcrest with eerie metaphoric resonance, making it both forbidding and tenderly familiar.

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 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

Twilight.—Parting day dies like the dolphin, whom each pang imbues with a new color as it gasps away, the last still loveliest, till 'tis gone, and all is gray.—Byron.

From Pearls of Thought by Maturin Murray Ballou

They’ve been imbued with family legend and the essential importance of never shedding the immigrant’s mentality.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

For those who really read it without the false sense of reverence imbued by generations, Homer’s poem has the feel of a fairy tale.

From Salon Jul. 22, 2026

"Human conversations are imbued with background assumptions that give meaning and relevance to the words being used," Denning explains.

From Science Daily Jul. 14, 2026

Because these celebrity exorcists are imbued with a kind of divine authority in their audiences’ minds by their proximity to supernatural matters, their social media followings can be unusually strong and loyal.

From Slate Jun. 8, 2026

As the practical details piled up in his mind, Conant, who had come to Chicago still imbued with the skepticism about atomic weaponry prevailing in Bush’s circle, finally began to reconsider.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

Rahele Jomepour Bell’s deft use of acrylic paint and soft pastels evokes a world of hazy tranquility, a palette of greens, golds and oranges imbuing each page with a palpable warmth.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

But Demie made her something more, imbuing Maddy with a kind of gravity and depth that made her as infuriating to watch as she was exciting.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 4, 2026

She’s training Claude to detect the difference between right and wrong while imbuing it with unique personality traits.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 9, 2026

Often imbuing his works with a political message, his previous pieces have alluded to immigration, the war in Ukraine and homelessness, among other things.

From BBC May 29, 2025

Rowan puts his hands on either side of her face and squeezes, imbuing her with an otherworldly gold light.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir




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