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
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
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
Taylor imbues a grave defiance in Perfidia, rounding out what could be a one-note character in someone else’s hands into a moving, heartbreaking portrait of a rebel.
From Salon • Sep. 28, 2025
Parting day Dies like the dolphin, whom each pang imbues With a new colour as it gasps away, The last still loveliest, till—'t is gone, and all is gray.
From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John
