verve
Example Sentences
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The live-wire wit and idiosyncratic verve that she embodied in “Reds” and “Something’s Gotta Give” are very much on display here.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
There’s a wonderful verve to Early’s filmmaking, allowing what would otherwise come off as breakneck tonal shifts to feel remarkably earned.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
The South American heavyweights found themselves on the ropes in the face of Cape Verde's verve.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
Mr. Corrigan not only directs with verve, but he and his co-writer Hope Elliott Kemp also find sly ways to say things without saying them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
Effie, shining in a wig of metallic gold, lacks her usual verve.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
Vocabulary lists containing verve
"The Hunger Games" Vocabulary from Chapter 1
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