animate
Example Sentences
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You are close to its trunk, experiencing its lofty height and its many branches spreading out like gesturing limbs of an animate creature.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
Similar concerns animate Andrews’ sculpture practice, which she’s returned to now that her life has regained equilibrium.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2026
Such outcomes would not resolve the broader debates that animate these cases.
From Slate • Jan. 14, 2026
In 2017, she sold the company, pocketing about $12 million, but her vision continued to animate OneTaste.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2025
I try and animate my face as I recall the event, a true story, in which I'd foolishly challenged a black bear over the rights to a beehive.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
Vocabulary lists containing animate
Speak Your Mind: Anim
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