How to Use imbue in a Sentence

imbue

verb
  • A feeling of optimism imbues her works.
  • The team seemed to be imbued with a new sense of urgency and fight.
    Pat Brennan, Cincinnati.com, 28 July 2019
  • His hope was to imbue the quaint hotel with the latter.
    New York Times, 15 July 2021
  • This simple step imbues the whole drink with the spice’s warmth.
    Inés Anguiano, Bon Appétit, 15 Nov. 2023
  • These workers’ souls and their hearts and their dreams are imbued in those stones.
    Perry Stein, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2017
  • Larger point though: the race to the year-end field imbues the fall with some intrigue.
    Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 4 Oct. 2017
  • To be imbued with elite physical skills is the common gift of youth.
    Tom Verducci, SI.com, 1 Sep. 2019
  • Baking the ham low and slow was a grand, hands-off way to imbue it with the caramel-dark nuances of the drink.
    New York Times, 8 Dec. 2021
  • But living near the bottom of the food chain has imbued them with a keen sense of their surroundings.
    Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, 10 Oct. 2017
  • As the meat cooks above, flavor-imbuing smoke seeps up from the bottom.
    Fox News, 21 Aug. 2015
  • The wins built morale in the city and seemed to imbue the Joe with a larger-than-life persona.
    Allie Gross, Detroit Free Press, 15 May 2018
  • The icy blue tone with touches of gray resembles the sky, imbuing any space with a sense of calm.
    Kelsey Mulvey, ELLE Decor, 31 May 2023
  • It is imbued with a more comprehensive set of thoughts.
    Mary Kilpatrick, cleveland.com, 5 Oct. 2017
  • The terra-cotta hue imbues so much softness and warmth.
    Tim McKeough, House Beautiful, 29 Aug. 2016
  • The cat likely acted as a guardian, imbuing the spirit of the deceased with strength on their journey to the land of the dead.
    Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Mar. 2020
  • But they were also imbued with a sense of impenitent joy that was paramount to the show.
    Tara Gonzalez, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 June 2023
  • Ryan imbues her with depth and dimension, at once adorable and tender.
    Courtney Howard, Variety, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Shelves are stocked with plenty of candles and diffusers that can imbue the scent of pumpkin spice in your home.
    Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2022
  • Foer’s book ends with the midterms, so it is imbued with a sense of vindication.
    Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2023
  • The chicken first picks up the depth from the browning and searing, and then it is imbued with flavor from the braising liquid.
    cleveland, 6 Apr. 2020
  • Sesame seeds and soy sauce imbue an Asian flare, while brown sugar sweetens the pot and cayenne heats it up.
    Sarah-Jane Bedwell, SELF, 22 Dec. 2017
  • And there’s perhaps no better way to uplift and imbue this deep sense of pride to the collection than with a gospel choir.
    Rachel Hahn, Vogue, 11 Feb. 2018
  • Base and middle notes of cedarwood oils imbue the scent with a rich, deep atmosphere.
    Dallas News, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Angles and framing and context can imbue an image with a meaning it isn't meant to have.
    Carolina A. Miranda, latimes.com, 13 Apr. 2018
  • My days in theater inspired me to create a costume for him that was artistic and imbued with a story.
    Ruth E. Carter, Harper's BAZAAR, 31 May 2023
  • About half of young adults wear spectacles, which can imbue some frames with an aura of hipness.
    Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 12 May 2023
  • In another room, Parisian charm imbued a snug wine bar.
    Liz Biro, Indianapolis Star, 6 Mar. 2018
  • The hope wasn’t to imbue these things with judgment, but just to say that social media is a very powerful thing.
    Daniel Arkin /, NBC News, 14 July 2018
  • Melania’s surfacings since the election have been sparse, wan, and imbued with pathos.
    James Wolcott, The Hive, 19 June 2017
  • Lieberson’s simple melody needs a singer to modulate the line with vowel sounds to imbue it with passion.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2021

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