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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

suffused = filled

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

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