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
In “Grass Breathing,” Mendieta, hidden beneath squares of sod, uses her own respiration to animate the earth above.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026
He emerged with twins whose distinct qualities animate an awards-worthy dual performance.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026
Such outcomes would not resolve the broader debates that animate these cases.
From Slate • Jan. 14, 2026
Instead of pronouns that distinguished between male and female, Sasha’s language had pronouns that distinguished between animate and inanimate objects.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
Vocabulary lists containing animate
Speak Your Mind: Anim
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"Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave" by Frederick Douglass
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