imbues

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Mr. Menzies imbues Chris with understated intensity as the equilibrium he has established is undermined by Annie’s presence and her barely veiled hostility.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

This imbues each sighting of the star with extra significance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2026

Wever imbues every word with a subtle nefariousness, bringing a depth to the film that it so desperately needs.

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025

Better and truer than that character gimmick, though, is the well-realized, lived-in pall of Frankie’s sad existence, which imbues her problem-solving survival with a genuinely fresh, in-the-bones urgency.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2025

I take dyes in the sense of tinges, imbues with, and make it governed of zeal.

From Notes and Queries, Number 191, June 25, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George