Examples of verve in a Sentence
She played with skill and verve.
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This year, artists booked coveted space with self-promotional ads that showed remarkable creativity and verve.
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Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
And this was critical: Pelle Larsson aced this third start, providing the type of rugged effort, across-the-board contributions and defensive verve that have earned him admiration from the coaching staff and teammates.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2025
Kevin Winter—Getty Images The effect felt like a death knell for the franchise which many in Hollywood fear will lose its verve now that a tech conglomerate has gotten its hands on it.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 3 Mar. 2025
While Matthew McConaughey plays the real figure of Ron Woodroof, Leto turns in a touching portrayal of a trans woman faced with AIDs yet never losing her verve as the fictional Rayon.
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—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
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Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
And this was critical: Pelle Larsson aced this third start, providing the type of rugged effort, across-the-board contributions and defensive verve that have earned him admiration from the coaching staff and teammates.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2025
Kevin Winter—Getty Images The effect felt like a death knell for the franchise which many in Hollywood fear will lose its verve now that a tech conglomerate has gotten its hands on it.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 3 Mar. 2025
While Matthew McConaughey plays the real figure of Ron Woodroof, Leto turns in a touching portrayal of a trans woman faced with AIDs yet never losing her verve as the fictional Rayon.
10.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
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“Verve.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/verve. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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verve
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: lively enthusiasm
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