suffuse
verb (used with object)
to overspread with or as with a liquid, color, etc.
suffuses
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present tense formof suffuse (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Ms. Brown’s Erica tries to mediate the tension that suffuses the house, while Mr. Braithwaite’s Leni has a cool humor that also helps ease the fraught dynamic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
I felt that way watching her perform “You’re On Your Own, Kid,” a song that compacts so much painful history, but which Swift suffuses with a lightness and energy that feels bracingly optimistic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2023
As the chicken roasts, the paste blends with the rendered fat from the skin and suffuses the meat with rich, complex flavors.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 3, 2023
Unease about Mr. Biden’s age suffuses Democratic circles.
From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2023
The heavenly spheres are slowly spinning in their places, making a music that suffuses the cosmos.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
