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
She has been very kind, and my great enlivenment," said Ermine, "and she can't be expected to know how little we want her.
From Clever Woman of the Family by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
How deadly dull would be the details Stevenson gives in these letters but for the enlivenment of humor!
From The Art Of Writing & Speaking The English Language Word-Study and Composition & Rhetoric by Cody, Sherwin
Yet there were sweet chains in the little hands that held her gown, and in the thought of the lonely old man who depended on her for enlivenment.
From Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
And the older people, while they enjoy the spiritual enlivenment of the revival, also come under the power of social enjoyment and give themselves over to a season of communion together.
From The Hero of Hill House by Hale, Mabel
