suffuses

verb

present tense third-person singular of suffuse
1
as in infuses
to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle she was suffused with an overwhelming feeling of liberation as her horse broke into a gallop

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2
as in penetrates
to spread throughout a living room suffused with warm sunlight

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Recent Examples of suffuses But the latter’s crisply executed harmonies are but one of multiple examples of what splendid singing suffuses this production. — Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 23 May 2026 Announcing its hardcore aspirations with a moody steel-blue palette that suffuses the rural setting with dread, the film takes place almost entirely on a remote cow farm, the home of a mixed-race family of three. — Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 22 May 2026 The soft natural light suffuses the red clay brick room, centered around long communal tables, introducing an intimate ease that invites you to linger. — Anais Martinez, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 Apr. 2026 Well, that and quantum teleportation, which is the reason that quantum entanglement suffuses this entire field to this day. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 31 Mar. 2026 To this day, kingship suffuses Iranian literature and mythology. — Azadeh Moaveni, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026 Fredericksburg, Texas Located in the Texas Hill Country with a population just shy of 12,000, Fredericksburg was founded in 1846 by German immigrants—and that heritage suffuses the town's food, architecture, and culture today. — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026 The notion that Social Security faces a shortfall suffuses the national conversation about preparing for retirement. — Medora Lee, USA Today, 28 Feb. 2026 An international cult favorite, Lee is revered for the philosophical nerve that suffuses his rigorously inventive melodramas, which variously pick apart the complexities of Korean society. — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for suffuses
  1. infuses
  2. penetrates
  3. imbues
  4. pervades
  5. invests
  6. permeates
  7. fills
  8. inculcates
Verb
  • The British rose full body massage infuses a calming sense of place with local flora, and a range of facial treatments is available as well.
    — Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • Valeri, who began playing at age 4 in his Buenos Aires suburb, said the futbol passion and aptitude run deep in a country where community pride infuses youth-club rivalries and street soccer prevails in many neighborhoods.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2026
Definition of infuses
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  • As space penetrates time, and time, rock-hard, penetrates space.
    — Sheila Heti, New Yorker, 26 July 2026
  • Although humanity’s salvation may appear to come in fits and starts, God’s healing influence always penetrates and gets through callous self-righteousness and indifference.
    — Mark Swinney, Christian Science Monitor, 21 July 2026
Definition of penetrates
Verb
  • Spiritual philosopher Alan Watts is mentioned in Past the Veil’s press release, and Lay imbues these axioms with profundity like only the best teachers can.
    — Linnie Greene, Pitchfork, 29 July 2026
  • Their signature farmhouse look imbues it with a certain bucolic charm, and all their products are hand-forged in Charleston, South Carolina.
    — Clara Hillis, Architectural Digest, 22 July 2026
Definition of imbues
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  • This attitude pervades the report’s approach to AI, which largely buys into the biggest hype imaginable.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2026
  • For all the ways politics pervades modern life, political deep-dives on television are actually rare, reduced to the occasional documentary or longform cable news piece.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2026
Definition of pervades
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  • Apple’s stock price has been on a roll (up 24% year to date) unlike some other tech giants as the industry invests heavily in data centers and chips as an AI arms race unfolds.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 30 July 2026
  • If California, which invests more than most states, still cannot reliably connect families to help that exists, other states are almost certainly doing worse.
    — Danielle Stephens, USA Today, 26 July 2026
Definition of invests
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  • The smell of rotten eggs permeates communities where large piles of decaying sargassum emit ammonia and hydrogen sulfide.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026
  • Even as culture permeates up from the internet, being around the corner is important.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026
Definition of permeates
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  • Floor-to-ceiling glass walls open to an expansive outdoor terrace where live jazz fills the air on Wednesdays and DJs keep the energy going on Friday and Saturday nights.
    — Martie Bowser, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • There’s a chance that Ben Kindel, who scored 35 points in his rookie campaign in addition to very impressive two-way metrics, breaks out and fills the role well, but that’s a lot to ask out of a 19-year-old sophomore.
    — Harman Dayal, New York Times, 28 July 2026
Definition of fills
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  • Because there’s something about the college environment that really inculcates hierarchy.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
Definition of inculcates

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