enlivenment

Example Sentences

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The only enlivenment was the appearance of the 19-year-old Dalai Lama, escorted out of Tibet by a Red general three weeks ago as thousands of his subjects wept and prostrated themselves.

From Time Magazine Archive

At the depots, too, we encountered a new medium of enlivenment.

From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Howe, Julia Ward

On these occasions they never left their tower and its court, and had no enlivenment save an occasional gift of dainties or message of inquiry from the ladies at Bellaise.

From The Chaplet of Pearls by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

"That's what you've got to blow to call us in," exclaimed a small child, with anticipative enlivenment.

From Cape Cod Folks by Greene, Sarah P. McLean

Our friend began the day prosperously, finding everybody cordial and gay, and doing, as he thought, his full share towards the enlivenment of each call.

From From the Easy Chair, series 3 by Curtis, George William