enliven
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Danny Palumbo recommends the best snacks to enliven your cookout.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026
Busby entrusted Mr. Mindte with 60 hours of cassette tapes of autobiographical ramblings, which enliven a narrative that gets dry in stretches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Michaela’s verve for life helps to enliven Francesca, especially after John’s death.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026
Herzog said he wanted to tackle the Breuer in part because he believes architects should look to revamp existing historic buildings and enliven what already exists instead of striving to only create from scratch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025
They are used with admirable skill to enliven the story and make it seem real, never to hold it up or divert the reader’s attention from the main issue.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
The Washingtons, records show, added wallpaper throughout the house in 1797—and its reappearance enlivens a house that had looked dull.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 2026
A great glaze enrobes and enlivens the meat.
From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2025
They are the weeds that sprout in sidewalk cracks, the elaborate graffiti that enlivens the drab wall of an abandoned building.
From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2024
Sharp stylization enlivens a distinctly feminist perspective throughout.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2023
Fleming, seventy- one, a former mayor of Garden City, a short man who enlivens an unsensational appearance with rather conspicuous neckwear, resisted the assignment.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
Mercedes' George Russell held off a late challenge from Red Bull's Max Verstappen to win an Azerbaijan Grand Prix enlivened late on by two safety car periods.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
Her part, like that of Alice in Barry’s previous opera, is enlivened by delightfully squeaky high notes in unexpected places.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026
After spending the last decade writing about his life and childhood, writing about what’s happening right now has clearly enlivened Bono’s storytelling and songwriting abilities.
From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2026
Henry's "very gregarious" nature enlivened the darker days of last winter in the workshop.
From BBC ● Dec. 24, 2025
He enlivened an hour, and then departed to mess with our fellows.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
In my fall preview item for this show, I wrote that the “production is all but guaranteed to be more enlivening than an evening spent surfing Netflix.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
The crowds were a welcome boon for the bartenders, enlivening what is usually a lull at Joxer Daly’s, which is away from the beaches and beer gardens where customers gather in the summer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Not surprisingly, massed strings play a defining role, with well-integrated keyboard parts enlivening the musical landscape.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
A year after “Cosby” became a runaway success, ABC responded with “Growing Pains,” which cast Kirk Cameron as the zany jokester enlivening that show’s Seaver household.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2025
“Of course I would rather be with Arthur. An educated man is always an enlivening companion.”
From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
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