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She played with skill and verve.
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Nearly unlimited recreational options should exhaust kids with plenty of verve.
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Allison Tibaldi, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2024
As recounted in droll, sardonic voice-over by envious B-teamer Lisa (Marla Sokoloff, who serves the Keyser Soze narration role with verve and bitchiness), their leader — the sweet, slightly dim Diane — was kicked out of her home by her parents after getting pregnant.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 9 Aug. 2024
Director Shawn Levy stages the cartoonish violence with less verve than David Leitch’s in Deadpool 2, which featured the franchise’s paradigmatic transition — from the close-up of a sphincter to a human eye — making the point that this is all excrement.
—Armond White, National Review, 26 July 2024
Since Obama entered office, Republicans have taken to politicizing space exploration with no less verve.
—Neil Degrasse Tyson, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2012
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Allison Tibaldi, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2024
As recounted in droll, sardonic voice-over by envious B-teamer Lisa (Marla Sokoloff, who serves the Keyser Soze narration role with verve and bitchiness), their leader — the sweet, slightly dim Diane — was kicked out of her home by her parents after getting pregnant.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 9 Aug. 2024
Director Shawn Levy stages the cartoonish violence with less verve than David Leitch’s in Deadpool 2, which featured the franchise’s paradigmatic transition — from the close-up of a sphincter to a human eye — making the point that this is all excrement.
—Armond White, National Review, 26 July 2024
Since Obama entered office, Republicans have taken to politicizing space exploration with no less verve.
—Neil Degrasse Tyson, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2012
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“Verve.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/verve. Accessed 13 Sep. 2024.
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verve
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: lively enthusiasm
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