vivifying
Example Sentences
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The shrewd, vivifying juxtaposition pits crude, primal, static stone, its huge weight pressing the ground beneath your feet, against sleek, industrially elegant windmills spinning overhead to catch the invisible airstream and generate similarly imperceptible energy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2025
But Gurnah avoids that misstep by gently vivifying the lives of a few African characters in all their rich humanity and even their comedy, without sentimentality or condescension.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 23, 2022
But she ultimately admitted to finding it vivifying to talk about her life, her art, her past and future.
From New York Times ● Apr. 22, 2021
In many cases these dissections are clear-eyed and vivifying, arriving at a deeper set of emotional meanings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2020
The fire had evidently just been built up; it threw dancing shafts of light over the rose-red curtains of the low First Empire bed, at once vivifying and softening the brilliant colouring of the room.
From Jane Oglander by Lowndes, Marie Belloc
