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imbibe

[im-bahyb] / ɪmˈbaɪb /


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Fewer people in the U.S. are drinking alcohol, and when they do imbibe, they drink less than they used to.

From MarketWatch Dec. 23, 2025

Americans generally are drinking less, because of health concerns as well as the use of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs that can curb the desire to imbibe.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 18, 2025

An extremely light drinker, Yamamoto said that even the magnitude of this victory couldn’t drive him to imbibe any of the adult beverages provided to the players.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 12, 2024

To do that, I journaled, recording the complicated feelings I could no longer inhale, imbibe or eat away.

From Salon Dec. 30, 2023

If only he could imbibe some of that night rest!

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

The nectar isn’t so potent that the plants catch every ant that imbibes; many of the insects are able to shrug off its effects and make it home to deliver the sweet treat.

From Science Magazine Nov. 29, 2023

In other words, Musk, who imbibes and regurgitates bad memes, has built a machine that is also designed to imbibe and regurgitate bad memes.

From Slate Nov. 7, 2023

It imbibes the illusion of omnipotence and wallows in self-adulation.

From Salon May 7, 2023

With a Bourdain-like gift for chatting up strangers and a willingness to disregard the gross factor, he imbibes traditional drinks from the familiar to the extreme while exploring the cultures that made the cocktails popular.

From Washington Post May 7, 2020

How my mind, opening at this scene, imbibes The moral emanations of the skies, While nought, perhaps, Lorenzo less admires!

From Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes by Edward Young

Living within the system of slavery, enslaved and free people talked, traded goods, imbibed and celebrated.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

He used to work with the cousins' fathers: "They were amazing people who loved what they did and have imbibed their children with this altruistic behaviour."

From BBC Jan. 22, 2025

There are gigantic sandworms to be mounted and surfed like waves, vials of blue goo to be imbibed for clarifying properties, yet “Dune: Part Two” fixes firmly on the idea of authenticity.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 21, 2024

And while Museveni imbibed Marxism and as a college student sought to verify Frantz Fanon’s theory of violence, Kainerugaba has not outlined his political vision.

From Seattle Times Mar. 15, 2023

I had imbibed from her something of her nature and much of her habits: more harmonious thoughts: what seemed better regulated feelings had become the inmates of my mind.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

But as Americans consume less alcohol than ever, there are still ways to appreciate this ritual without actually imbibing.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

All of which is true but, for a book featuring Franklin and Washington happily imbibing on the cover, it’s a bit of a buzzkill.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 2026

Suzuki exudes the fragility and buoyancy of adolescence, playing Fuki as someone constantly imbibing the world, rarely revealing what she’s doing with that stimulus.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 2026

Perhaps the reason is they really are too scared to go into the city, after imbibing years of lies that New York is a war zone.

From Salon Apr. 24, 2024

“Goblin-made armor does not require cleaning, simple girl. Goblins’ silver repels mundane dirt, imbibing only that which strengthens it.”

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling




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