enliven

Dark pigment pushed into claw-like scratches feels like a peek into a figure’s spiritual void; fleshy hues bring out nicks and lines that enliven characters’ faces—some pained, others contemplative.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

There’s also a petite variety in a 2-inch pot designed to enliven an office desk without taking up too much space.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025

His impact was almost instant, first going past the outside edge of Jaiswal to enliven the crowd.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2025

And for me, one of my secret weapons — just a dash of Hood cream is going to really enrich or enliven any dish that you're making.

From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2024

It had placed Archie at a disadvantage for the first time as assigner because Rollo had only been the curtain raiser, a bit of amusement Obie had arranged to enliven the proceedings.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier

The Washingtons, records show, added wallpaper throughout the house in 1797—and its reappearance enlivens a house that had looked dull.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 2026

Elizabeth Harper’s lighting enlivens the dull palette, but I missed the surreal notes of the South Coast Repertory and Broadway stagings.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2025

A great glaze enrobes and enlivens the meat.

From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2025

Public art enlivens the entrances, notably the metal cutout sculpture “Dragon and Phoenix” on the trench walls of Spring District Station.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2024

Fleming, seventy- one, a former mayor of Garden City, a short man who enlivens an unsensational appearance with rather conspicuous neckwear, resisted the assignment.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

The composition is utterly still, devoid of human presence and enlivened only by fluttering harbor flags and the canvas’s scintillating pinpoints of color.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026

After spending the last decade writing about his life and childhood, writing about what’s happening right now has clearly enlivened Bono’s storytelling and songwriting abilities.

From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2026

“Are they coming back broken? Are they coming back better? Are they coming back more enlivened, more capable? Are they coming back into prison over and over?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026

Henry's "very gregarious" nature enlivened the darker days of last winter in the workshop.

From BBC ● Dec. 24, 2025

Mrs. Mortimer Merriman and Mrs. James Highcamp, who were there with Alc£e Aro- bin, had joined them and had enlivened the hours in a fashion that warmed him to think of.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin

The crowds were a welcome boon for the bartenders, enlivening what is usually a lull at Joxer Daly’s, which is away from the beaches and beer gardens where customers gather in the summer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

Not surprisingly, massed strings play a defining role, with well-integrated keyboard parts enlivening the musical landscape.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

That’s to say, where rivers are recognised as alive, enlivening presences in story, art and law, rather than –– as Isaac Newton put it –– ‘brute inanimate matter’.

From Salon ● May 28, 2025

Allyson Kaye Daniel has enlivening comic moments as Addaperle, playing the Good Witch of the North as a community auntie who always knows what’s what.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2024

“Of course I would rather be with Arthur. An educated man is always an enlivening companion.”

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson