enliven
Example Sentences
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The Washingtons, records show, added wallpaper throughout the house in 1797—and its reappearance enlivens a house that had looked dull.
If they threaten to bore, the authors’ jaunty tone enlivens the delivery.
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
Three other artists, now well-known, enliven these early years.
Literature is enlivened as a result, and so, too, is our appreciation of it.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
