lively
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Crisp lines appear in Rosales’ art, but the shape of “East of the River” is a lively oval.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
In “Nary a Horse Left Standing,” Mr. Dugatkin offers a lively history of a forgotten event known as the Great Epizootic of 1872.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Archaeologists have found pieces of Greek pottery, as well as rooms and large jars for storing goods from the harbour, discoveries that Karam said showed the ancient city's "lively commercial activity".
From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026
Helped by lively English pitches, Robinson has been able to concentrate on his greatest skill - his control of line and length.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
He launches into a lively description of Okeus, the vengeful god, who requires sacrifices of tobacco, copper, beads, and sometimes animal blood, and sends punishment if he is not made happy.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
He’s tried livelier cruise lines, and nothing compares to a library stocked with first-edition books and the certainty that no children will be running down the halls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Some players are thriving on the livelier surfaces - but others are cursing them.
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
With Conan O’Brien returning as host in 2026, the ceremony was much in the spirit of his first go in 2025, except this was all in all a livelier, funnier show.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2026
It was livelier now, but it seemed certain that no one would get hired today.
From Slate ● Jan. 27, 2026
In April a livelier iris gleamed upon the burnished dove.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
Welcome to Lukyanivka, one of the most heavily bombed neighborhoods in Ukraine’s capital city, but still one of the liveliest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Black Friday—the nickname for the day after Thanksgiving—may be an unofficial holiday, but it has earned the reputation of being one of the liveliest shopping days of the year.
From Barron's ● Nov. 28, 2025
Grijalva is part of the liveliest group of fans, who congregate in the stadium’s north section.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2023
He had also been one of their liveliest players in the first leg too.
From BBC ● May 8, 2023
“Oh, many times. Before the boys were born. After too. Your mother, she used to be adventurous then, and ... so alive. She was just about the liveliest, happiest person I’d ever met.”
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
Vocabulary lists containing lively
Mr. Popper’s Penguins
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"One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia, List 2
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