How to Use impregnate in a Sentence

impregnate

verb
  • We can be impregnated against our will.
    — Paisley Currah, The New York Review of Books, 18 Dec. 2025
  • This way, a single dose of bull semen could be used to impregnate a whole lot of heifers.
    — Maureen O’Hagan, Quartz, 24 June 2019
  • Four of the guards were believed to have been impregnated by inmates.
    — Phil Davis, baltimoresun.com, 18 Sep. 2019
  • Instead, he is accused of using his own sperm to impregnate them.
    — Justin L. MacK, Indianapolis Star, 28 Aug. 2017
  • Lawrence sees her both as a victim of pop culture and a malleable young mind to impregnate with his extreme ideas.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2023
  • The original plan had been to use donor sperm to impregnate Candice.
    — Molly Longman, refinery29.com, 15 June 2020
  • Farmers no longer believe, as the Greeks did, that the west wind somehow impregnates mares.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 3 June 2017
  • In silence sits a 37-year-old house painter who raped and impregnated his own daughter.
    — Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com, 6 June 2019
  • Fired from his corporate job, a man agrees to impregnate his ex-fiancee and a slew of lesbians for money.
    — Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2021
  • The other way is to impregnate the threads themselves with these kind of antimicrobial agents.
    — Kate Greene, Discover Magazine, 11 July 2013
  • Female sea snipes, which impregnate the males, and leave them to stay home and rear the young, have higher testosterone levels than their mates.
    — Andrew Sullivan, Daily Intelligencer, 26 Jan. 2018
  • Decades ago, Cline allegedly used his own sperm to impregnate his patients without telling them.
    — Stat Staff, STAT, 24 Dec. 2019
  • And none of these policies mention what lawmakers think should happen to the men who impregnate women.
    — Grant Hughes, Glamour, 13 July 2022
  • Your kindly old neighbors were secret Satanists ready to impregnate you with the devil’s spawn.
    — Thomas Mallon, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2018
  • Vince once wanted his character to impregnate Stephanie’s.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
  • What makes Kevlar fabric so effective is that it's impregnated with resin to produce a shell, which is lighter and tougher than steel.
    — David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 27 June 2019
  • Could her mother have had a more extensive relationship with the man who impregnated her?
    — Julia M. Klein, chicagotribune.com, 14 Aug. 2019
  • The beachy waves meet a guy with beachy waves who may or may not go on to impregnate them, leaving them wondering the identity of their future child for decades to come.
    — Gabriella Paiella, The Cut, 21 Dec. 2017
  • Tobala’s taste comes from the Copal trees in our region which impregnate and perfume the soil where Tobala agaves are grown.
    — Omaid Homayun, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2023
  • The king had seen Bathsheba bathing on a roof near his palace, summoned her to him, raped and impregnated her, and had her husband killed to cover his sins.
    — USA Today, 13 Feb. 2020
  • In the books, another part of the prophecy suggests Ciri’s child will save and rule the world, so Emhyr plots to impregnate his daughter.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 21 Dec. 2021
  • The launch was also a test of the rocket itself, which runs off of a solid fuel derived from recycled tires impregnated with aluminum.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 12 Sep. 2017
  • But Jupiter was able to enter the tower and impregnate Danaë by transforming himself into a shower of gold coins.
    — Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2021
  • As Alien fans know, the facehugger will impregnate its host with a Xenomorph embryo, which eventually bursts from the host's chest.
    — Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Prosecutors painted a picture of a teen who was in a new relationship at the time and wanted nothing to do with the baby or the man who impregnated her.
    — CNN, 13 Sep. 2019
  • The aroma of vanilla, sugar and the toasted crust of their bolillos — a soft savory Mexican bread — impregnate the space.
    — Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Dec. 2021
  • Berry gave birth to a daughter, and Lee said she was impregnated five times, but miscarried each one after being beaten by Castro.
    — Diana Pearl, PEOPLE.com, 22 June 2017
  • Berry gave birth to a daughter, and Lee said she was impregnated five times, but miscarried each one after being beaten by Castro.
    — Diana Pearl, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Working as a second cook for a wealthy family, Hazel is raped and impregnated by the heir to the family’s tobacco fortune.
    — Mary Pols, New York Times, 26 May 2023
  • Schaffner said sterile male files that can't impregnate females were created in a laboratory.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026

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