enliven

Danny Palumbo recommends the best snacks to enliven your cookout.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026

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

His impact was almost instant, first going past the outside edge of Jaiswal to enliven the crowd.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2025

If you’re looking to enliven jarred sauce or some plain tomato puree, you can never go wrong with enriching the latent flavors.

From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2025

“I was always encouraged to embellish my flower painting with caterpillars, summer birds and such little animals, in the same manner as landscape painters do, to enliven the one through the other.”

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman

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

Seattle Pride enlivens the city once again this June during the 49th annual Pride Month celebrations.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 1, 2023

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

They depict a natural world often enlivened with the dramatic splendor of rushing falls, flowing lava, and vivid arrays of sky, clouds and storms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

The composition is utterly still, devoid of human presence and enlivened only by fluttering harbor flags and the canvas’s scintillating pinpoints of color.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026

Her part, like that of Alice in Barry’s previous opera, is enlivened by delightfully squeaky high notes in unexpected places.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026

After spending the last decade writing about his life and childhood, writing about what’s happening right now has clearly enlivened Bono’s storytelling and songwriting abilities.

From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2026

At least Frank Millet still seemed strong and healthy and full of the earthy good humor that had so enlivened the long nights during the fair’s construction.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

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

In Guillermo Cienfuegos’ enlivening, if at times unsteady, production at A Noise Within, the role is played by Ann Noble, who forgoes the outdated hunchback but adopts a seething, slithering, perversely seductive aura of menace.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026

The same enlivening rage would be evident when she took on what she probably regarded as her greatest role, a Labour Party member of the British Parliament, where she served for 23 years.

From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2023

“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