vivifying

Example Sentences

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The shrewd, vivifying juxtaposition pits crude, primal, static stone, its huge weight pressing the ground beneath your feet, against sleek, industrially elegant windmills spinning overhead to catch the invisible airstream and generate similarly imperceptible energy.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2025

But Gurnah avoids that misstep by gently vivifying the lives of a few African characters in all their rich humanity and even their comedy, without sentimentality or condescension.

From Washington Post • Aug. 23, 2022

But she ultimately admitted to finding it vivifying to talk about her life, her art, her past and future.

From New York Times • Apr. 22, 2021

In many cases these dissections are clear-eyed and vivifying, arriving at a deeper set of emotional meanings.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2020

He was the vivifying critic of his time, and his whole life was a polemic.

From The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine by Heine, Heinrich