as in soaked
to wet thoroughly with liquid
impregnated the cloth with furniture polish
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as in conceiving
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Recent Examples of impregnated
Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 18 Feb. 2025
An Amber Alert has been issued for a pregnant Wisconsin teen, who police believe is with the 40-year-old man who impregnated her.
—Julia Reinstein, ABC News, 5 Feb. 2025
Listen to this article An Amber Alert has been issued for pregnant Wisconsin teen Sophia Franklin who is believed to be with the 40-year-old man who impregnated her.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2025
One contributing reason was that the boy who impregnated her was abusive, violent and three years her senior.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
There are, miraculously enough, two 2024 horror films about an American nun who joins a convent in Italy where she’s impregnated with something unholy as part of an evil Church plot.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
Instead, the narrative focuses on Karoline (Vic Carmen Sonne), a factory worker in the wake of World War I who is impregnated by her rich boss and then discarded after his mother disapproves.
—Esther Zuckerman, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
With her husband’s cooperation, a coven of Devil-worshipping ghouls occupy an Upper West Side apartment building and conspire to have a young woman Rosemary (Mia Farrow) raped and impregnated by Satan himself.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 25 Nov. 2024
While the cow is milking, she is impregnated.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
Adjective
The fibers are aligned, impregnated, pulled into a heated die, and thermally set before being continuously pulled and cut to size.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 18 Feb. 2025
An Amber Alert has been issued for a pregnant Wisconsin teen, who police believe is with the 40-year-old man who impregnated her.
—Julia Reinstein, ABC News, 5 Feb. 2025
Listen to this article An Amber Alert has been issued for pregnant Wisconsin teen Sophia Franklin who is believed to be with the 40-year-old man who impregnated her.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2025
One contributing reason was that the boy who impregnated her was abusive, violent and three years her senior.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
There are, miraculously enough, two 2024 horror films about an American nun who joins a convent in Italy where she’s impregnated with something unholy as part of an evil Church plot.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
Instead, the narrative focuses on Karoline (Vic Carmen Sonne), a factory worker in the wake of World War I who is impregnated by her rich boss and then discarded after his mother disapproves.
—Esther Zuckerman, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
With her husband’s cooperation, a coven of Devil-worshipping ghouls occupy an Upper West Side apartment building and conspire to have a young woman Rosemary (Mia Farrow) raped and impregnated by Satan himself.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 25 Nov. 2024
While the cow is milking, she is impregnated.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impregnated
Verb
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Sun-soaked and beautiful, the film takes place in Santa Barbara in 1979, where Dorothea (Annette Bening) is trying to raise her son (Lucas Jade Zumann) in an ever-changing world.—
George Monastiriakos,
Newsweek,
31 Dec. 2024
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More than an inch of rain over several days soaked the grounds making muddy hills slippery and dangerous, forcing most spectators onto the narrow walkways and creating huge, impassable (and in some places, scary) bottlenecks.—
Candace Oehler,
Forbes,
27 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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In Nolan’s vision, Batman was a vastly complicated superhero, brooding and unknowable.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
11 July 2025
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Gone too is the brooding, gritty Man of Steel of previous iterations.—
EW Staff Published,
EW.com,
11 July 2025
Verb
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The energy in this race came from ordinary voters, many of whom feel that their voices have been drowned out by corporate donations, union influence, and political machines.—
Amy Reichert,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Apr. 2025
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The noise has drowned out Africa’s challenges, which center on job creation and climate change.—
Ken Silverstein,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The anonymous pregnant woman, who is also a plaintiff, has not yet tried to obtain a COVID-19 vaccine during her pregnancy but intends to, according to her attorneys.—
ByMary Kekatos,
ABC News,
7 July 2025
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In three separate votes, ACIP recommended that children, pregnant women and all adults receive single-dose flu immunizations with vaccines that don't contain thimerosal.—
Sydney Lupkin,
NPR,
6 July 2025
Verb
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Southern California is about to get drenched by new storms this week.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2025
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The Knott’s Boysenberry Festival once again brings more than 80 dishes to the park drizzled, dipped and drenched in the signature fruit that started it all more than 100 years ago.—
Brady MacDonald,
Orange County Register,
10 Mar. 2025
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“Impregnated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impregnated. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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