enliven
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No equivalent reunion will enliven our 250th anniversary, but “The Hero Returns,” Richard Brookhiser’s narrative account of Lafayette’s visit and reception, is an excellent substitute.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Danny Palumbo recommends the best snacks to enliven your cookout.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026
There’s also a petite variety in a 2-inch pot designed to enliven an office desk without taking up too much space.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025
His impact was almost instant, first going past the outside edge of Jaiswal to enliven the crowd.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2025
She did regret, however, that the mad Englishman from Cambridge had decided not to come and enliven the mood.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
If they threaten to bore, the authors’ jaunty tone enlivens the delivery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Free Bird” resounds throughout the Douglas while he enlivens the portrait with impassioned strokes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2025
A great glaze enrobes and enlivens the meat.
From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2025
They are the weeds that sprout in sidewalk cracks, the elaborate graffiti that enlivens the drab wall of an abandoned building.
From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2024
Fleming, seventy- one, a former mayor of Garden City, a short man who enlivens an unsensational appearance with rather conspicuous neckwear, resisted the assignment.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
Those concepts interlace in his ossuary, enlivened when he plays his tenderly kept records, remnants of human joy all but lost to a Rage pestilence.
From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2026
Henry's "very gregarious" nature enlivened the darker days of last winter in the workshop.
From BBC ● Dec. 24, 2025
And although they recall many wordless moments of repose between takes, the shoot enlivened the actors far more than it exhausted them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025
The closing stages were enlivened by raised tensions rather than any scoreboard jeopardy.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2025
How much her brisk, graceful bustling had enlivened his idle days!
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
The honesty of the acting is so enlivening that I’m tempted to rank this production among the very best Wilson revivals I’ve seen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Not surprisingly, massed strings play a defining role, with well-integrated keyboard parts enlivening the musical landscape.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
His cameos as Blazes Boylan, jitterbugging across the stage with the self-satisfied air of a country rake, were not just enlivening but renewing, capturing the character in a new idiom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2025
Gastou liked to express his love of the past, in part, by enlivening it with the shock of the new.
From New York Times ● Mar. 15, 2024
“Of course I would rather be with Arthur. An educated man is always an enlivening companion.”
From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
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