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imbibe

[im-bahyb] / ɪmˈbaɪb /


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Listeners, meanwhile, are free to sit back and imbibe the music.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 29, 2026

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

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

Lactose added to a beer brew near the end just sits and waits for the actual drinker to imbibe it.

From Seattle Times Feb. 8, 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

Protected by the egg-shell of the Dragon-fly, and bathed in the nourishing fluid of the Dragon-fly’s egg, the young Polynema imbibes nourishment through its whole surface, and increases rapidly in size.

From On the Origin and Metamorphoses of Insects by Sir John Lubbock

Perhaps the former hadn’t imbibed that classic piece of work advice: Dress for the job you want.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 28, 2025

“It’s like she had already imbibed the spirit of Chisholm, and that was a really remarkable moment for all of us. Everyone left the read and we couldn’t speak. It was jaw-dropping.”

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 19, 2025

She was baptized into the Roman Catholic Church, from which she imbibed the lesson that a large religious institution could have ugliness in its past, but still do good in individual lives.

From New York Times May 22, 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

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

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

There’s a lot of people that are still suffering from anxiety and mental illness that are still imbibing dangerous conspiracy theories.

From Slate Apr. 3, 2023

Born in 1936 to a textile shop owner and a homemaker, Tanaami grew up during the United States occupation of Japan, imbibing a heavy dose of American culture.

From New York Times Oct. 7, 2022

“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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