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How to use imbibe in a sentence

14 example sentences · verb

Imbibe means to drink (used frequently of alcoholic beverages). Example: “Without its sting, the common yellowjacket would be unable to steal ham from our sandwich or imbibe the sweet juice from our peach.”

Examples of imbibe by meaning

verbTo drink (used frequently of alcoholic beverages).

  • Without its sting, the common yellowjacket would be unable to steal ham from our sandwich or imbibe the sweet juice from our peach.2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press,, →ISBN, page 55

verbTo take in; absorb.

  • to imbibe knowledge
  • Like the late Dr Falk (d. 1782), Grabianka was a native of Podolia, where Sabbatian influences were strong among local Jews, and he imbibed many of their notions.2006, Marsha Keith Schuchard, Why Mrs Blake Cried, Pimlico, published 2007, page 219
  • If you’ve been imbibing Craig’s Kelly’s Covid monologues over the summer and wondering why Scott Morrison lets one of his own MPs regularly contradict the official public health advice without rebuke, let me try to answer your question.2021 February 2, Katharine Murphy, The Guardian

More sentences with imbibe

  • Stately old buildings sometimes have punsch-verandas, little glassed-in upstairs porches where people traditionally would imbibe and chat.2018, Rick Steves, Rick Steves Scandinavia, Hachette UK, →ISBN. From the entry punsch
  • It was very poor tradecraft to imbibe on duty, but you get what you pay for.2014, Ed Sutter, Assassins. From the entry dopestick
  • Arrested with his hand in his breast pocket Napoleonically, he imbibed his slow, steady nourishment.1963, Edward Lewis Wallant, chapter 4, in The Tenants of Moonbloom, New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, page 47. From the entry Napoleonically
  • It’s association with weird beer imbibed by stuck up people is going to be hard one to shake.2017 March 9, “Why I don’t Use the Word ‘Craft’ and Why You Shouldn’t Either”, in Brews and Bacon, archived from the original on 10 Mar 2017. From the entry c-word
  • The hours whiled away and I steadily kept drinking, even though it had been years since I'd done any serious imbibing.2015, Hank Carver, House of Cards: Five Full Contact Years as a Las Vegas Nightclub Bouncer. From the entry while away
  • And he’s the hilarious punchline of the movie’s centerpiece: a prom party in which he’s forced to imbibe beer with a butt-chug.2018 March 10, Owen Gleiberman, “Film Review: 'Blockers'”, in Variety. From the entry butt chug
  • The graft is nourished initially by plasmatic imbibition, or plasmatic circulation, a process whereby plasma is imbibed passively by capillary action into the exposed lumen of the graft's vessels.2009, Ted S. Stashak, Christine Theoret, Equine Wound Management, page 510. From the entry plasmatic
  • The return bus trip is sometimes a rather depressing experience when a few soldiers imbibed too freely and overboisterously vent their spirits in lusty voices and loosely controlled movements.2005, David Rothbart, A Soldier's Journal: With the 22nd Infantry Regiment in World War II, →ISBN. From the entry overboisterously
  • Bill Reed, inside the tank, heaved a sigh of relief, imbibed a cafe royale, smoked a cigaret, turned on the radio, and lay down on a cot.1935 May, Frank J. Taylor, “Deep Sea Money Job”, in Alec X. McCausland, editor, The Olympian, volume XXIII, number 5, San Francisco…. From the entry cafe royale
  • His preparations for breakfast are simple, and he is ready to start out after half an hour spent in imbibing a few mates full of yerba infusion.1910, Various, Argentina From A British Point Of View. From the entry yerba

Meaning of imbibe

  1. verb To drink (used frequently of alcoholic beverages).
  2. verb To take in; absorb.
  3. verb To steep; to cause to absorb liquid.

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Questions about imbibe in a sentence

How do you use imbibe in a sentence?
Imbibe is used as a verb. For example: “Without its sting, the common yellowjacket would be unable to steal ham from our sandwich or imbibe the sweet juice from our peach.”
What is a short sentence with imbibe?
“to imbibe knowledge”
What does imbibe mean?
Imbibe means to drink (used frequently of alcoholic beverages).

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