- present participle of enliven.
enlivening
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The adaptation resets Sophocles’ tragedy to Aztec culture in a transposition that is both visually and musically enlivening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 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
That’s to say, where rivers are recognised as alive, enlivening presences in story, art and law, rather than –– as Isaac Newton put it –– ‘brute inanimate matter’.
From Salon ● May 28, 2025
Allyson Kaye Daniel has enlivening comic moments as Addaperle, playing the Good Witch of the North as a community auntie who always knows what’s what.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 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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