Example Sentences

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“This land has imbibed the lives of all the people who came here,” Sister Hughes said.

From New York Times • Aug. 26, 2020

Written and directed by Hutson, the smart thriller takes advantage of Marin’s iconic status, allowing him to play a soft-spoken sage who has imbibed, endured and kept his sly sense of humor.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2018

Pup has imbibed lessons from emo and melodic pop-punk — submovements that have always, to some, felt like offenses — and woven them back into a more conventional framework.

From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2016

Redgrove sounds as though he has imbibed creation itself.

From The Guardian • Feb. 10, 2012

"My mare is not such a weakling as you imagine, and will be as fit as a flea after she has imbibed one or two champagne bottles."

From A Bayard From Bengal Being some account of the Magnificent and Spanking Career of Chunder Bindabun Bhosh,... by Jabberjee, Hurry Bungsho