Examples of verve in a Sentence
She played with skill and verve.
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Case’s work in the Canadian power-pop collective the New Pornographers may have more verve and thrust, but her solo work is emotionally richer, and harder to qualify.
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Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
Mara will appear with her sister Kate next year in a film directed by Werner Herzog, who at 83 appears to have lost none of his verve.
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Is the group as tough-minded without Thibodeau’s patented verve?
—Fred Katz, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Bora gives her translations such bite and verve.
—Diana Arterian
october 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025
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Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
Mara will appear with her sister Kate next year in a film directed by Werner Herzog, who at 83 appears to have lost none of his verve.
—Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2025
Is the group as tough-minded without Thibodeau’s patented verve?
—Fred Katz, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Bora gives her translations such bite and verve.
—Diana Arterian
october 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for verve
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“Verve.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/verve. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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verve
noun
: lively enthusiasm
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