leaven

Example Sentences

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If Ms. Gage wanted some celebratory leaven, she could have visited Dayton, Ohio’s many sites devoted to the Wright Brothers and their world-changing invention.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

That’s in keeping with a director who likes to leaven something profound with something ordinary.

From Seattle Times • May 28, 2024

In the evening we will start with the first dough and when it's complete we let it leaven and rise overnight.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2023

I found the embellishments that the directors devised — among them classic magic tricks with playing cards and levitation — leaven the play’s more plodding contrivances.

From Washington Post • Jan. 26, 2023

For one thing, any hopes my father may have had that to meet the General in person would arouse a sense of respect or sympathy to leaven his feelings against him proved without foundation.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro