enlivenment

Example Sentences

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The only enlivenment was the appearance of the 19-year-old Dalai Lama, escorted out of Tibet by a Red general three weeks ago as thousands of his subjects wept and prostrated themselves.

From Time Magazine Archive

Her visitor's reception of Philippa's greeting promised little in the way of enlivenment.

From The Zeppelin's Passenger by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)

"That's what you've got to blow to call us in," exclaimed a small child, with anticipative enlivenment.

From Cape Cod Folks by Greene, Sarah P. McLean

On these occasions they never left their tower and its court, and had no enlivenment save an occasional gift of dainties or message of inquiry from the ladies at Bellaise.

From The Chaplet of Pearls by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

Fancy that, by way of enlivenment to poor Georgina after her nervous fever!

From Heartsease, Or, the Brother's Wife by Yonge, Charlotte Mary