- present tense form of imbue (3rd person singular).
imbues
Example Sentences
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I’m a person who creates characters, imbues them with problems and makes up situations for them to struggle through toward emotional epiphanies.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026
Mr. Menzies imbues Chris with understated intensity as the equilibrium he has established is undermined by Annie’s presence and her barely veiled hostility.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
Wever imbues every word with a subtle nefariousness, bringing a depth to the film that it so desperately needs.
From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025
Taylor imbues a grave defiance in Perfidia, rounding out what could be a one-note character in someone else’s hands into a moving, heartbreaking portrait of a rebel.
From Salon • Sep. 28, 2025
This something, which, itself unseen, imbues the whole with life and soul—this constitutes the art itself.
From Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music by Gounod, Charles
