infuse
verb (used with object)
to introduce, as if by pouring; cause to penetrate; instill (usually followed byinto ).
were infusing
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past progressiveof infuse.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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By the mid-1960s they had tired of the band and of the loud, sometimes angry strains that were infusing the hard rock of the time.
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2022
“It was important that we weren’t just cutting and pasting the old franchise,” says Diaz, “but were infusing it, reimagining it and reinventing it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2019
Stephen Sondheim and his allies were infusing the genre with shadowy new depths and brooding purpose, while “Jesus Christ Superstar” isn’t a musical comedy at all but a self-serious pop-operatic passion play.
From New York Times ● Aug. 29, 2011
Sarai could feel it growing, and even sense it brightening, as though Sparrow were infusing it with light.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
While they were infusing, Hazel came up, and, on being informed of Welch's fancy, made no opposition; but, on the contrary, said that such men had sometimes very happy inspirations.
From Foul Play by Charles Reade
