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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

Blurred faces and hazy photography imbue much of the film with the sense of trying to remember a dream.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026

Ely was a favorite opener for veteran rock acts looking to imbue sets with Texas country swagger.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2025

"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

“No harm will come to it. I may be suffering from brand-fly poison, but I can still imbue a charm or two.”

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

Beacon imbues its portfolio companies with a central AI-enabled operating system to help them deeply analyze their businesses; the goal is to find tasks to automate, raise productivity and grow profit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

I’m a person who creates characters, imbues them with problems and makes up situations for them to struggle through toward emotional epiphanies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026

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

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

From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2025

There is a pleasing vagueness which the music of the lines imbues with a nameless charm.

From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 by Various

Even passing details of a beanbag in a frat-house game of cornhole—“its lumpiness shifting and contorting in flight”—are imbued with charming affection.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 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

And they imbued all that into making that show.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

That was a moment, a joyous moment, beyond the Dream—a moment imbued by a power more gorgeous than any voting rights bill.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates

For one thing, the display is shaped like a conventional mirror, imbuing it with the comfort of the familiar.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026

Best of all was Ms. Williams, imbuing Alona with a magnetic stage presence, emotional resonance and vocal versatility.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026

The series largely belongs to them — both actors are terrific, Shannon imbuing Garfield with a gravity leavened with kindness and humor, Macfadyen’s Guiteau, optimistically dedicated to his delusions yet always about to pop.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2025

To its credit, Lee’s “Wedding Banquet” was adept at imbuing humanity into what could’ve easily been a very unserious comedy.

From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2025

After forging the blade, she had spent another three months using Transformation to engrave the weapon, imbuing it with its magical properties.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee


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