liven
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And frankly, the game was so insipid that it needed something – or someone – to liven it up.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026
Iona is perched on a table by a windowsill, stapling albums to the ceiling as decor to liven up the record store she runs — not that the place needs much livening-up, considering Iona’s look.
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2026
Some people even threw in extra theatrics and party favors to liven up their pitch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2024
“We need to continue to evolve. And so that’s what we’ve been really focused on, is how do we bring the spark and liven it up with the culture?”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 4, 2024
They did a great deal to liven up the atmosphere of the lab, where experiments usually lasted several months to years.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
“He livens up the mood. He can be very serious at times, but the way he comes off is passive,” Bernard said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2022
So it helps that Leon livens the proceedings with a kinetic musicality, juxtaposing the boot-stomping rigidity of soldiers marching in step with the loose-limbed exuberance of hymnal intonations.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 16, 2022
It's not the same as a night under the Arizona stars, but it absolutely livens up a dreary spring evening.
From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2022
The mass start event, which first appeared at the 2018 Olympics, livens things up significantly.
From New York Times ● Feb. 18, 2022
She livens up again like I didn’t just ruin her reveal.
From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya
Eventually that season, the atmosphere livened up with cardboard cutouts in the seats.
From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2024
But things then livened up notably as Nigeria came out with greater intent in the second half.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2024
The addition of a single word, though admittedly anachronistic, might have livened things up and drawn in a whole new cohort of readers.
From Slate ● Nov. 20, 2023
Things livened up when Chalamet performed one of his character’s terrible raps, but it was a slog compared to last week’s similarly themed and much sharper “Chef Show” with Nate Bargatze.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2023
Personally, she had a suspicion that the Professor was just going to give back all their stuff, but as Toby said, there’s nothing like keeping things livened up.
From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
On her visits, Bonda noticed that the bare cinderblock wall along the patio could use some livening up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2026
Cuts to the president, tucked away in his secure box, provided a few jump scares throughout the night, sometimes even livening up the moment.
From Salon ● Feb. 10, 2025
But it is certainly livening up what had threatened to be a predictable affair.
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2024
Waller-Bridge is in high demand, epitomised by her recent engagement livening up the script for the forthcoming as-yet-untitled 25th James Bond film at the request of its star, Daniel Craig.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 14, 2019
But there, in the Conqueror’s tower, a constant ebb and flow of cockneys would be livening the frost.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
