How to Use impart in a Sentence

impart

verb
  • The oil imparts a distinctive flavor to the sauce.
  • The chemicals imparted a bluish color to the paper.
  • Her presence imparted a sense of importance to the meeting.
  • What, the brand's cult-favorite fragrance enhancer designed to impart a little je ne sais quoi.
    Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 29 June 2021
  • As the fillets sit snugly next to each other, the garlic and chile oil slowly cook and impart their flavors.
    Christian Reynoso, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Aug. 2021
  • Older Elliott has some wisdom to impart; younger Elliott doesn’t want to hear it.
    Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 29 Sep. 2024
  • Her grandmother worked in the industry and imparted skills onto her.
    Ruth Etiesit Samuel, Essence, 8 Oct. 2024
  • What many parents don’t realize, however, is that video games also impart soft skills in players.
    Chris Morris, Variety, 25 Aug. 2021
  • The mascara features a soft, curved brush that imparts a lengthening your-lashes-but-better look and doesn't budge, flake, or smudge throughout the day.
    Deanna Pai, Allure, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Rittenhouse went on police ride-alongs, a practice that may impart a false sense of competence, or authority.
    Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 28 June 2021
  • That certainly doesn’t work for everyone, and finding ways to impart more variety to public space could make the city more enjoyable to more people.
    Diana Budds, Curbed, 11 Aug. 2021
  • Developers have created extracts that do not impart a rosemary flavor.
    Darlene Zimmerman, Detroit Free Press, 27 June 2021
  • Casa Bonay's bread and butter is creating simple, sustainable spaces that impart a sense of local culture and community onto guests.
    Ellie Nan Storck, Travel + Leisure, 30 June 2021
  • For years, Misty Moon has been nurturing the soil with life — time spent sparking microbial things, bacteria and fungi, into the dirt to impart into the nightshades.
    Nick Rallo, Dallas News, 2 July 2021
  • Unlike most powders, these buttery formulas impart an unmistakable, radiant sheen to the skin that mimics the effects of, say, an hour-long jog on the beach or a luxurious facial.
    Allure, 20 Aug. 2021
  • And who impart their bravery onto us and the rest of the world?
    Adri Perez, Harper's BAZAAR, 30 Nov. 2021
  • At the end of his emails, Ito adds quotes that impart a bit of wisdom.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2024
  • Or the way, in the absence of skate parks, skateboarders impart the best places in the city to shred.
    Leah Asmelash, CNN, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Or store with cedar to repel pests and impart a fresh scent.
    Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2023
  • As most fathers are, Beaulieu’s was full of lessons to impart on his son.
    Blaine Callahan, Hartford Courant, 21 Sep. 2022
  • The first two alone impart an entire understanding of the self and the world.
    Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 23 Sep. 2022
  • It’s the simple lessons Matthews has been trying to impart.
    Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Slave dwellings can impart some sense of what slavery was like.
    Kyle Whitmire, al, 3 Nov. 2022
  • My goal was to impart this same knowledge to judges and juries.
    Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2021
  • Her task: to impart safety lessons to a group of 14-year-old farmers in the state’s far west corner.
    Patricia Leigh Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Sep. 2024
  • The backsplash was edged with dark gray grout to impart the look of natural stone.
    Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Dec. 2023
  • Jones wants to impart that sense of trauma that Till’s death had at that time through his acting.
    Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com, 24 Feb. 2022
  • Cooking the chicken breasts on the high heat of the grill imparts lovely char—and means that dinner will be ready in no time.
    Karen Schroeder-Rankin, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2023
  • One body, the mother’s, presses into the body that was once part of hers, trying to impart its warmth.
    Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Some of the houses even include props original to the film to impart a true sense of movie magic.
    Jordi Lippe, Travel + Leisure, 16 Feb. 2024

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