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Examples of vim in a Sentence
some food and a little rest should give me back some of my vim
Recent Examples on the Web
All too often their inferior opponents have awakened bright-eyed-bushy-tailed, and so full of vim and vinegar, breakfast can be skipped.
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Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2023
The embers of a great industrial base are still burning, the US has an opportunity to stoke the flames and revive the vim and vigor of American industriousness.
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Prince Ghosh, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
The parameters generate something spontaneous, something strange, something that echoes the vim of hip-hop visionary Rammellzee circa 1983 and something that hints at the mysteries of existence circa eternity.
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Chris Richards, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2023
Vitamin E, vitamin C, vitamin D3, copper, iron, and other vitamins and minerals provide the general base your pup needs to live a healthy life full of vim and vigor.
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Dallas News, 13 Dec. 2022
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Etymology
Latin, accusative of vis strength; akin to Greek is strength, Sanskrit vaya meal, strength
First Known Use
1843, in the meaning defined above
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“Vim.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vim. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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noun
: robust energy and enthusiasm
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