vivifying

Example Sentences

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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

I would argue that interest has been subsequently cemented by the vivifying tensions between multiculturalism and white supremacy coursing through the art, which speaks so urgently to us today.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2022

Now out from private hibernation behind a bedroom closet door in the desert and back from a public state of ruin, the vivifying struggle recommences for “Woman-Ochre.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 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

The sun shone on her face, and the love shone out of it to meet the genial vivifying rays.

From Mrs. Thompson A Novel by Maxwell, W. B. (William Babington)