suffuse
verb (used with object)
to overspread with or as with a liquid, color, etc.
suffused
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past participleof suffuse.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof suffuse.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
suffuseverb (used with object)to overspread with or as with a liquid, color, etc.
Example Sentences
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Since then, every major chapter of Trump’s story has been suffused with the gleam of his favorite metal.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
But with “All That’s Left of You,” she draws from family stories and her own childhood memories of visiting Palestine to make a film suffused with sadness and tension.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2026
The pommel-horse shape is accented with pencil-thin metallic piping and soft, suffused light pools in the hollows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
But rearing children is like a long baseball season suffused with an endless series of balls, strikes, hits and misses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
His face, suffused now with growing torment, continued to twist and work spasmodically.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
