revivifying

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Anne Rice, meanwhile, was revivifying the Gothic horror tale with stories of vampires.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 30, 2021

It’s thus the latest movie to put a familiar question to the viewer: Do you applaud it for breaking new ground, for revivifying an old formula with underrepresented characters?

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2020

But after entropy, narcissism and spiritual decay comes revivifying destruction.

From The Guardian • Mar. 27, 2020

I recently saw a production of “Sense and Sensibility” by the Bedlam theater company, which injected Austen’s calm certainties with a revivifying dose of mad improvisation and physicality.

From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2016

The feel of the air was fresh and pure; it followed upon the hot darkness of the passing night like a revivifying breath.

From The Stronger Influence by Young, F.E. Mills