imbues

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Ms. Rose imbues Kyra with a warm graciousness but also a firm will.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Mr. Bernthal, an Emmy winner for “The Bear,” imbues Sonny with a pinballing energy as he gabbles orders at the hostages and begins flailing negotiations with the cops massing outside.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

“You’re an actress, aren’t you?” he asks, a line Maggio imbues with enough charming provocation to suggest that the distinction bores him — it’s her woundedness he’s after.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2025

Love is revolutionary and imbues people with the power to do incredible things.

From Salon • Jan. 28, 2025

That mysterious vitality which still imbues their remains, and which seems to enchant even the fragments of their marbles, is the mesmeric vitality of fresh, original conception.

From Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 by Stowe, Harriet Beecher