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
Her visitor's reception of Philippa's greeting promised little in the way of enlivenment.
From The Zeppelin's Passenger by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
"That's what you've got to blow to call us in," exclaimed a small child, with anticipative enlivenment.
From Cape Cod Folks by Sarah P. McLean Greene
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 George William Curtis
Her visits, and those of her mother, or the twins with Miss Bird, were the daily enlivenment of the two old ladies, and were never omitted.
From The Squire's Daughter Being the First Book in the Chronicles of the Clintons by Archibald Marshall
