Example Sentences

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He used to work with the cousins' fathers: "They were amazing people who loved what they did and have imbibed their children with this altruistic behaviour."

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2025

Twitter is also notorious for lacking the talent, vision, or gumption to create services more interesting than the same old feed we have imbibed since 2009.

From Slate • Apr. 26, 2022

To these eyes — which, by a conservative estimate, have imbibed roughly 5,000 hours of “I Love Lucy” reruns — the answer was and still is pretty clearly no.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2021

“I’ve always said American wine is better than French wine!” he tweeted, even though he claims never to have imbibed even a drop of liquor.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 2, 2019

I have imbibed this impression from the deepest reflection and the closest observation of mankind.

From An Address to Men of Science Calling Upon Them to Stand Forward and Vindicate the Truth.... by Carlile, Richard