How to Use imbue in a Sentence

imbue

verb

• A feeling of optimism imbues her works.
• The team seemed to be imbued with a new sense of urgency and fight.
  — Pat Brennan, Cincinnati.com, 28 July 2019
• The wins built morale in the city and seemed to imbue the Joe with a larger-than-life persona.
  — Allie Gross, Detroit Free Press, 15 May 2018
• Baking the ham low and slow was a grand, hands-off way to imbue it with the caramel-dark nuances of the drink.
  — New York Times, 8 Dec. 2021
• This simple step imbues the whole drink with the spice’s warmth.
  — Inés Anguiano, Bon Appétit, 15 Nov. 2023
• Larger point though: the race to the year-end field imbues the fall with some intrigue.
  — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 4 Oct. 2017
• His hope was to imbue the quaint hotel with the latter.
  — New York Times, 15 July 2021
• These workers’ souls and their hearts and their dreams are imbued in those stones.
  — Perry Stein, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2017
• As the meat cooks above, flavor-imbuing smoke seeps up from the bottom.
  — Fox News, 21 Aug. 2015
• To be imbued with elite physical skills is the common gift of youth.
  — Tom Verducci, SI.com, 1 Sep. 2019
• Sesame seeds and soy sauce imbue an Asian flare, while brown sugar sweetens the pot and cayenne heats it up.
  — Sarah-Jane Bedwell, SELF, 22 Dec. 2017
• But living near the bottom of the food chain has imbued them with a keen sense of their surroundings.
  — Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, 10 Oct. 2017
• The icy blue tone with touches of gray resembles the sky, imbuing any space with a sense of calm.
  — Kelsey Mulvey, ELLE Decor, 31 May 2023
• The cat likely acted as a guardian, imbuing the spirit of the deceased with strength on their journey to the land of the dead.
  — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Mar. 2020
• And as with the Tyrant King, the 917 was imbued with power and performance that was nothing short of fearsome.
  — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 25 Mar. 2024
• The chicken first picks up the depth from the browning and searing, and then it is imbued with flavor from the braising liquid.
  — cleveland, 6 Apr. 2020
• Foer’s book ends with the midterms, so it is imbued with a sense of vindication.
  — Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2023
• Toward the end of grilling, add a few handfuls of damp apple or pecan wood chips to the coals to imbue the turkey with the flavor of fruity smoke.
  — Amy Thielen, WSJ, 11 Nov. 2022
• And here’s a pitfall of sports writing: There’s often too great a desire to imbue a grand meaning to the sport.
  — Sheon Han February 9, Longreads, 9 Feb. 2023
• There is no doubt that the journey of Paris Laundry and Guy Samuel imbues important lessons for us all.
  — Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
• And there’s perhaps no better way to uplift and imbue this deep sense of pride to the collection than with a gospel choir.
  — Rachel Hahn, Vogue, 11 Feb. 2018
• The terra-cotta hue imbues so much softness and warmth.
  — Tim McKeough, House Beautiful, 29 Aug. 2016
• Ryan imbues her with depth and dimension, at once adorable and tender.
  — Courtney Howard, Variety, 1 Nov. 2023
• But they were also imbued with a sense of impenitent joy that was paramount to the show.
  — Tara Gonzalez, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 June 2023
• Shelves are stocked with plenty of candles and diffusers that can imbue the scent of pumpkin spice in your home.
  — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2022
• It is imbued with a more comprehensive set of thoughts.
  — Mary Kilpatrick, cleveland.com, 5 Oct. 2017
• In another room, Parisian charm imbued a snug wine bar.
  — Liz Biro, Indianapolis Star, 6 Mar. 2018
• The hope wasn’t to imbue these things with judgment, but just to say that social media is a very powerful thing.
  — Daniel Arkin /, NBC News, 14 July 2018
• His dawning awareness of others around him imbues him with a kind of heroism.
  — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2024
• Melania’s surfacings since the election have been sparse, wan, and imbued with pathos.
  — James Wolcott, The Hive, 19 June 2017

Last Updated: 9 May 2024