animate
Example Sentences
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Similar concerns animate Andrews’ sculpture practice, which she’s returned to now that her life has regained equilibrium.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2026
Such outcomes would not resolve the broader debates that animate these cases.
From Slate • Jan. 14, 2026
The “richest body of historically specific written evidence” concerning fears of the animate dead in the Middle Ages comes from 12th-century England.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025
The static from the carpet gave them a shock, presumably, and it helped animate his monster.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 30, 2025
Instead of pronouns that distinguished between male and female, Sasha’s language had pronouns that distinguished between animate and inanimate objects.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
Vocabulary lists containing animate
Speak Your Mind: Anim
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"Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave" by Frederick Douglass
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