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imbrue

[im-broo] / ɪmˈbrʊ /






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If I had continued to imbrue myself either in bloody crimes or the fierce drunkenness of the life of the galleys, this salutary change would never have come over me I know full well.

From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 by Sue, Eugène

Men generally do not specially desire to imbrue their hands in the blood of other men.

From The Life of Cicero Volume One by Trollope, Anthony

What! shall we have incision? shall we imbrue?

From King Henry IV, Part 2 by Shakespeare, William

He took a comprehensive glance about the room; then, extracting a dish from the closet, proceeded to imbrue his hands in the strawberries' blood.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 36, October, 1860 by Various

He took a comprehensive glance about the room; then, extracting a dish from he closet, proceeded to imbrue his hands in the strawberries' blood.

From A Modern Cinderella Or, the Little Old Shoe and Other Stories by Alcott, Louisa May




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