Used in a Sentence

suffusion

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for suffusion.

Editorial note

To be technically accurate, it would actually need to be a suffusion of yellow for all answers above four.

Examples13
Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

(uncountable) The state of being wet.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of suffusion gathered in one view.

noun

(uncountable) The state of being wet.

noun

(countable) The act of pouring a liquid over or soaking something.

noun

(countable) A coat, coating, film, or plating.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for suffusion.

Example sentences

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To be technically accurate, it would actually need to be a suffusion of yellow for all answers above four.

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But IMO it's mostly detracting & abusing the good & necessary & vital suffusion of creativity & possibility into the world.

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Edit: Oh yeah, and your direct maternal ancestor has a suffusion of scent akin to the fruiting of the Sambucus plant!

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I think autograd and its suffusion into the modern tools for machine learning development is initiating a paradigm shift.

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So when choked on a suffusion of our own abstraction, we imagine we know everything, deriving everything from first principles.

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>The overall suffusion of this [slop] into the broader scene rightly has the more sensitive of us up in arms.

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The bathed in a suffusion of blue phase.

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And then I awoke from my dream, Suffusion complete.

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...but thou Revisitest not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn; So thick a drop serene hath quenched their Orbs, Or dim suffusion veiled.

Quote examples

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I was sort of hoping it might sometimes result in an answer of "a suffusion of yellow".

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Weird, every time I try, I just get "A suffusion of yellow"

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I wanted to experience the “magic” of Lisp, and bathe in its suffusion of blue [1], while becoming enlightened in the language of the gods.

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"A Suffusion of Yellow" is a phrase which I have never forgotten.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use suffusion in a sentence?

To be technically accurate, it would actually need to be a suffusion of yellow for all answers above four.

What does suffusion mean?

(uncountable) The state of being wet.

What part of speech is suffusion?

suffusion is commonly used as noun.