imbue
IPA: ɪmbjˈu
verb
- (transitive) To wet or stain an object completely with some physical quality.
- In general, to act in a way which results in an object becoming completely permeated or impregnated by some quality.
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Examples of "imbue" in Sentences
- That spirit has imbued his quintet.
- Their actions imbue the story with life.
- His works are imbued with the light and spirit.
- Argentina will have imbued them with confidence.
- The country is imbued with friendship and warmth.
- Books and pieces of art can be imbued with politics.
- Zionism is imbued with the ghetto and pronouncements.
- Since when do mysterious rifts "imbue" magical abilities?
- Ray was imbued with the spirit of communism in early life.
- The clothes seemed to imbue me with the spirit of the character.
- These teachers are imbued with the spirit of dedication and devotion.
- The animal terms imbue the loved one with the characteristics humans ascribe to each animal.
- "People had become terribly troubled," he said, trying hard to imbue the word "troubled" with sympathy.
- Sitting on the pitch and abandoning your teammates is not the action of a winner, that's not how you 'imbue' a winning culture.
- Like the great universities, Oaksterdam seeks to imbue its students with a vision of the world and the zeal to go forth and change it.
- Smith describes Mapplethorpe's art thus: "Robert took areas of dark human consent and made them into art... sought to elevate aspects of male experience, to imbue homosexuality with mysticism."
- But if Montgomerie can imbue his 12 players with the focused serenity that settled over him whenever he pulled out a club on Europe's behalf, Celtic Manor could become the scene of the triumph that seals his legend.
- Her tone is more silver than gold, but she knows how to subtly imbue a phrase with feeling, when to color the violin sound to reflect changes in the character of a piece, and when to simply let the music speak for itself.