effervescence
noun
ef·fer·ves·cence
ˌe-fər-ˈve-sᵊn(t)s 
1
: the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing
They produced a still wine …, then put it through a second fermentation to raise the alcohol level and create the effervescence.—
Jim Gordon
Jim Gordon2
: an appealingly lively quality
the effervescence of youth
an actress admired for her energy and effervescence
Examples of effervescence in a Sentence
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Walker’s sustained effervescence through the first two acts helped deepen the plunge of the third.
—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024
In his engrossing performance as the patriarch of an impoverished but scheming household, Song’s nonchalant effervescence slowly morphs into rage as the experience of chauffeuring a wealthy man ultimately drives him to violence.
—The New York Times Brooks Barnes, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024
Every conversation Tom and Marge shared about Dickie’s influence and effervescence hummed on some deeper level for me.
—Hazlitt, 28 Feb. 2024
The first installment of the anthology series had color, effervescence and bite; but the new season takes the black-and-white theme to the extreme.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
Her sensational stage presence, her effortless effervescence, her apparent authenticity and, of course, the undeniably powerful instrument that is her voice.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 23 Feb. 2024
These trends can resurrect the kind of entrepreneurial effervescence that drove both modernization in the late nineteenth century and, after World War II, a quarter century of nearly ten percent annual growth.
—Richard Katz, Foreign Affairs, 31 Jan. 2024
But at Trocadero Soda Springs, an unusual effervescence comes from the water filtering through a crust of tufa made from hard deposits of silica or calcium carbonate.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Jan. 2024
His jaded everyman performance is deceptively complex in all his scenes with Adams, as he's equally baffled and enamored with her unshakable effervescence and childlike optimism.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 8 Nov. 2023
Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024
In his engrossing performance as the patriarch of an impoverished but scheming household, Song’s nonchalant effervescence slowly morphs into rage as the experience of chauffeuring a wealthy man ultimately drives him to violence.
—The New York Times Brooks Barnes, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024
Every conversation Tom and Marge shared about Dickie’s influence and effervescence hummed on some deeper level for me.
—Hazlitt, 28 Feb. 2024
The first installment of the anthology series had color, effervescence and bite; but the new season takes the black-and-white theme to the extreme.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
Her sensational stage presence, her effortless effervescence, her apparent authenticity and, of course, the undeniably powerful instrument that is her voice.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 23 Feb. 2024
These trends can resurrect the kind of entrepreneurial effervescence that drove both modernization in the late nineteenth century and, after World War II, a quarter century of nearly ten percent annual growth.
—Richard Katz, Foreign Affairs, 31 Jan. 2024
But at Trocadero Soda Springs, an unusual effervescence comes from the water filtering through a crust of tufa made from hard deposits of silica or calcium carbonate.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Jan. 2024
His jaded everyman performance is deceptively complex in all his scenes with Adams, as he's equally baffled and enamored with her unshakable effervescence and childlike optimism.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 8 Nov. 2023
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“Effervescence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/effervescence. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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