enliven

But here, too, Wladyka stumbles, opting for a comforting but pat ending about how dance and art enliven so many lives.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

No equivalent reunion will enliven our 250th anniversary, but “The Hero Returns,” Richard Brookhiser’s narrative account of Lafayette’s visit and reception, is an excellent substitute.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Danny Palumbo recommends the best snacks to enliven your cookout.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2025

Shackleton had hoped by setting out across the ice to enliven the crew and focus their minds on action.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

Praising Mr. Corden, our critic said “he enlivens an already lively evening by giving us a peerless example of the fine art of comic acting.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 14, 2025

A great glaze enrobes and enlivens the meat.

From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2025

The clash of perspective enlivens the drama by clarifying the thematic questioning holding “Cordially” together — how can human beings process the scale of destruction around them without succumbing to feelings of futility.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 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

Mercedes' George Russell held off a late challenge from Red Bull's Max Verstappen to win an Azerbaijan Grand Prix enlivened late on by two safety car periods.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Her part, like that of Alice in Barry’s previous opera, is enlivened by delightfully squeaky high notes in unexpected places.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026

Although Glaser enlivened Sunday’s proceedings, Globes commentators Kevin Frazier and Variety’s red carpet correspondent Marc Malkin were terrible additions.

From Salon ● Jan. 12, 2026

The closing stages were enlivened by raised tensions rather than any scoreboard jeopardy.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2025

He enlivened an hour, and then departed to mess with our fellows.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

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

She touted her efforts to forge change, and smiled as she talked about enlivening downtown with night markets and music festivals on the waterfront.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2024

Gastou liked to express his love of the past, in part, by enlivening it with the shock of the new.

From New York Times ● Mar. 15, 2024

Opposing them were the Plutonists, who noted that volcanoes and earthquakes, among other enlivening agents, continually changed the face of the planet but clearly owed nothing to wayward seas.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson