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
"Ah, poor Constance, I was not aware she was ill!" said he, and he went forth to inquire of her condition and find if aught could be done for her enlivenment to health and spirits.
From Mistress Penwick by Dutton Payne
Her visits, and those of her mother, or the twins with Miss Bird, were the daily enlivenment of the two old ladies, and were never omitted.
From The Squire's Daughter Being the First Book in the Chronicles of the Clintons by Archibald Marshall
How deadly dull would be the details Stevenson gives in these letters but for the enlivenment of humor!
From The Art Of Writing & Speaking The English Language Word-Study and Composition & Rhetoric by Sherwin Cody
She has been very kind, and my great enlivenment," said Ermine, "and she can't be expected to know how little we want her.
From Clever Woman of the Family by Charlotte Mary Yonge
