enlivened

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The composition is utterly still, devoid of human presence and enlivened only by fluttering harbor flags and the canvas’s scintillating pinpoints of color.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

Although Glaser enlivened Sunday’s proceedings, Globes commentators Kevin Frazier and Variety’s red carpet correspondent Marc Malkin were terrible additions.

From Salon • Jan. 12, 2026

The closing stages were enlivened by raised tensions rather than any scoreboard jeopardy.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2025

Whereas many of his other urban landscapes, filled with stick figures, are enlivened by a white background, this one is not.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

No coaxing, no sugar, no lullaby, no story, even the light was put out and only the red glow of the fire enlivened the ‘big dark’ which Demi regarded with curiosity rather than fear.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott