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Definition
cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across;or: to become overspread as with a fluid, a color, a gleam of light
- The suffusion drained away from Jack's face.William Golding -- Lord of the Flies
suffusion = flush (blushing complexion)
(editor's note: The suffix "-sion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in admission from admit, discussion from discuss, and invasion from invade.)
- In the hall Mildred's face was suffused with excitement.Ray Bradbury -- Fahrenheit 451
- In terms of sound it could be not unlike the buzzing of a hive of bees; in terms of light, a suffused glow.John Wyndham -- The Chrysalids
- The tree itself looked perfectly fine, whole and healthy, suffused with the essence of the Golden Fleece.Rick Riordan -- The Sea of Monsters
- From here, the Scottish countryside spread out before them, suffused in a pale moonlight that sifted through the departing clouds.Dan Brown -- The Da Vinci Code
- His volt meter showed thirteen and a half volts charging, and the Susan Marie ran hard and steady, her spotlight suffused in the fog.David Guterson -- Snow Falling on Cedars
- Tyler trailed off since the colonel seemed to be suffusing a bit.John Ringo -- Live Free or Die
- Snape's pale face, illuminated by the flaming cabin, was suffused with hatred just as it had been before he had cursed Dumbledore.J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Again the strange, rapt glow suffused her body.Zane Grey -- The Call of the Canyon
- It suffused him, seized him, and enveloped him completely.Leo Tolstoy -- War and Peace
- The smell of Vlad's cooking suffused the corridor, and my stomach tightened with hunger.Kenneth Oppel -- Airborn
- But at last the lagging daylight asserts itself, the torches are extinguished, and a mellow radiance suffuses the great spaces.Mark Twain -- The Prince and The Pauper
- A hint of pink suffused his cheeks.George R.R. Martin -- A Feast For Crows
- Ivan smiled, but an angry flush suffused his face.Fyodor Dostoyevsky -- The Brothers Karamazov
- Blood suffused the Sardaukar's face.Frank Herbert -- Dune
- The mist begins to suffuse with light.Anthony Doerr -- All the Light We Cannot See
- Her daughter guides her to an indoor courtyard, suffused with winter light.Christina Garcia -- Dreaming in Cuban
- He saw her reddened, crumpled face, and her blood-suffused eyes, and knew what was wrong.Doris Lessing -- The Grass is Singing
- He looked up, however, and, when aware of her presence, a deep flush of shame suffused his handsome countenance.Sir Walter Scott -- Ivanhoe
- Suffusing it all, the pain.James Dashner -- The Scorch Trials
suffused = filled
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