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
Such outcomes would not resolve the broader debates that animate these cases.
From Slate • Jan. 14, 2026
That Seu marries the feminine and the spartan in her space feels intentional — a reflection of the dualities that animate her life and work.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025
The static from the carpet gave them a shock, presumably, and it helped animate his monster.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 30, 2025
The torn projection struggled to glow, colors bleeding and fritzing, the shape struggling to animate, but Brigit didn't take her eyes off the beautiful lady tipping her hat.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
Vocabulary lists containing animate
Speak Your Mind: Anim
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