Example Sentences
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Living within the system of slavery, enslaved and free people talked, traded goods, imbibed and celebrated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
There are gigantic sandworms to be mounted and surfed like waves, vials of blue goo to be imbibed for clarifying properties, yet “Dune: Part Two” fixes firmly on the idea of authenticity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2024
And while Museveni imbibed Marxism and as a college student sought to verify Frantz Fanon’s theory of violence, Kainerugaba has not outlined his political vision.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2023
"It's in there somewhere. You've imbibed it, but it's not on your shoulder all the time. I was surprised I quickly I became loyal to the new characters."
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2022
I had imbibed from her something of her nature and much of her habits: more harmonious thoughts: what seemed better regulated feelings had become the inmates of my mind.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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