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  • As my job taught me a little more about America's class divide, it also imbued me with a bit of resentment, directed toward both the wealthy and my own kind.  (source)
    imbued = filled
  • With hindsight her behavior seemed even colder, her actions imbued with some sinister intent.  (source)
  • And the troubles of the 1980s had destabilized the community and imbued longtime residents with a sense of futility when it came to resisting change.  (source)
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  • With you, my life felt indeed like a fantastic adventure—despite our ordinary circumstances, your love imbued everything we did with secret riches.  (source)
    imbued = instilled (filled)
  • Thus, therefore, the floor of our familiar room has become a neutral territory, somewhere between the real world and fairy-land, where the Actual and the Imaginary may meet, and each imbue itself with the nature of the other.  (source)
    imbue = fill
  • Rowan puts his hands on either side of her face and squeezes, imbuing her with an otherworldly gold light.  (source)
    imbuing = filling
  • This is no good, this is for nutters like Hagrid who want to keep them healthy...."Dragons are extremely difficult to slay, owing to the ancient magic that imbues their thick hides, which none but the most powerful spells can penetrate....'†  (source)
    imbues = fills
  • …political opportunism that took advantage of a largely uneducated population, imbued, some have said, with the habit of obedience;  (source)
    imbued = instilled (filled)
  • Such people would be easy to imbue with fervor and fanaticism.†  (source)
    imbue = fill
  • The old man was a famous scholar who had made his name by imbuing Eastern philosophy with the content of modern science.†  (source)
    imbuing = filling
  • Two things must here be accurately distinguished: equality inclines men to wish to form their own opinions; but, on the other hand, it imbues them with the taste and the idea of unity, simplicity, and impartiality in the power which governs society.†  (source)
    imbues = fills
  • She had been Awakened, and the Witch of Endor had imbued her with all her knowledge.†  (source)
    imbued = filled
  • The trick was to somehow imbue the stock phrases and anticipated responses with part of her personality.†  (source)
    imbue = fill
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