imbue
verb (used with object)
to impregnate or inspire, as with feelings, opinions, etc..
has imbued
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present perfectof imbue (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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“She has imbued the story with a lyricism and a fairy tale quality that’s so beautiful.”
From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2022
Guardiola means sophistication and style, and he has imbued all of that into the team he has built.
From New York Times ● Apr. 13, 2022
Musk has imbued Tesla with a ton of momentum, and the executives who’ve remained with him clearly won’t slow that down.
From The Verge ● Oct. 21, 2021
It’s the same issue that has imbued both Washington’s and Mr. Biden’s relationship with the Eastern European country for nearly a decade.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 29, 2021
“My father would fain hope as you do, Mynheer Van der Werf, but his friend, one of the magistrates of Utrecht, fully believes in the apparition, and has imbued him with his own desponding spirit.”
From The Lily of Leyden by William Henry Giles Kingston
