animate
Example Sentences
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In “Grass Breathing,” Mendieta, hidden beneath squares of sod, uses her own respiration to animate the earth above.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026
He emerged with twins whose distinct qualities animate an awards-worthy dual performance.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026
The show, a touring tutorial he created and performs solo, allows Page the opportunity to animate with barnstorming crackle a rogue’s gallery of Shakespearean scoundrels.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2026
Such outcomes would not resolve the broader debates that animate these cases.
From Slate • Jan. 14, 2026
In the less than two decades of their use, the synthetic pesticides have been so thoroughly distributed throughout the animate and inanimate world that they occur virtually everywhere.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Vocabulary lists containing animate
Speak Your Mind: Anim
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