How to Use suffuse in a Sentence

suffuse

verb
Definition of suffusenext
Synonyms for suffusenext
  • Morning light suffused the room.
  • That said, the whole debate is suffused with hypocrisy.
    — David Meyer, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Turn off the heat and stir in the spices (this will help bloom the flavor of the spices and suffuse them into the fruitcake).
    — Bronwen Wyatt, Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2022
  • Behind him, light from the bushfires suffused the sky like fresh blood.
    — Annette Lin, The New Republic, 13 Jan. 2020
  • The solar system is suffused with comet dust, and comet dust is dark.
    — The Economist, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Sides include such nice touches as a blue-cheese cole slaw, and a cup of rice suffused with lime and cilantro.
    — Rand Richards Cooper, courant.com, 19 Sep. 2019
  • Shades of green and grey suffuse the space, alongside white displays and hardwood floors.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 25 July 2022
  • The air quality in Detroit was one of the worst in the country on Wednesday, as the wildfire smoke suffused the city in an acrid haze.
    — Julie Bosman, New York Times, 28 June 2023
  • The super-bloom was just beginning to suffuse wide swaths of the slopes in purple and orange.
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Right now, for instance, there's a rosy glow suffusing all the rooms facing the back terrace.
    — Barbara King, House Beautiful, 15 May 2013
  • Light has just started to suffuse the sky, rosy pink hues bleeding into gray.
    — Coralie Kraft, The New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2019
  • Chelsea had lost N’Golo Kanté to an injury at the break, a third cause of regret, and yet his spirit seemed to suffuse his team.
    — New York Times, 28 Aug. 2021
  • Overhead, the gilded ceiling suffused the room with a lustrous glow.
    — Coralie Kraft, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Every line is just so funny but yet suffused with all this meaning and weight.
    — Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 6 Mar. 2024
  • One, my kitchen was suffused with the fruits’ intense, floral aroma.
    — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2020
  • Such messiness comes across as incidental to the magic-of-the-movies hooey that suffuses The Big Cigar.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2024
  • But the idea that the nation was suffused with a sense of itself came through by the end of the ceremony, at which point the U.S. had already opted out.
    — Daniel D'addario, Time, 11 Feb. 2018
  • Yellows, greens, and white suffuse the shiny foliage with a beautiful blush of rose-red running down the center of each leaf.
    — Marianne Willburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Dec. 2022
  • At the same time, his painterly life could be rich with color, never more so than when suffused with the natural world.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2023
  • The event was suffused with sadness, given that the school was the site of the Feb. 14 shootings that have galvanized the new movement for more gun restrictions.
    — Alan Blinder, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Mar. 2018
  • The name suggested a warm place suffused with orange light, to mimic the South American sun.
    — Written By Annie Correal; Photographs By Vincent Tullo, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2017
  • Holl’s luminous facades suffuse the building with light, but the absence of windows in the gallery spaces leaves them glare-free.
    — Mark Lamster, Dallas News, 24 June 2021
  • Daphne is suffused with, and is about, specifically female kinds of fear.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Nostalgia for that lost era has suffused our politics since the 1970s.
    — David Von Drehle, Twin Cities, 6 June 2019
  • The Kinnear farm, the site of the murders, is suffused with golden light, and Harron used a Steadicam and rich colors to give the place a dreamlike quality.
    — Sonia Saraiya, HWD, 25 June 2018
  • Climate crisis talk seems to suffuse just about every class.
    — Emma Grey Ellis, Wired, 31 Jan. 2020
  • Chic design devotees from around the world crowd the streets and cafés, suffusing the city with an inescapable buoyant energy.
    — Max Maeckler, Vogue, 18 Apr. 2019
  • His 1975 film, which is now part of the Criterion Collection, feels like a long dream sequence, suffused in pink light.
    — Rachel Syme, The New Republic, 22 May 2018
  • But claims about the wonders of suffusing hair with coconut oil are exaggerated.
    — Matt Fuchs, TIME, 15 Aug. 2024
  • His style has suffused at least two generations of guitarists, hundreds of bands and songwriters, who in turn have affected our American music scene.
    — Steven Gaydos, Variety, 6 July 2024

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