animates

present tense third-person singular of animate

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of animates Beyond the broad concrete steps that traverse the water-friendly (and automatically irrigated) xeriscaped front yard and through the lime-green door that animates the charcoal exterior cladding hides a small courtyard open to the sky, a classic feature in an Eichler home. Mark David, Robb Report, 29 Aug. 2025 Catholic social teaching, which is founded on the life and words of Jesus Christ and built on a commitment to the poor and the strangers among us, guides this work and animates those individuals who financially support it. William McCarthy, Baltimore Sun, 5 Feb. 2025 The film documents & animates Peter’s experiences as well as those of the family in Toronto. Matthew Carey, Deadline, 24 Jan. 2025 This uphill-battle swashbuckling is what animates Shamieh in her dramatic work too, which pretty consistently features norm-breaking women who cause havoc. Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2025 That aspirational pride animates the Ice Age Trail, end to end. Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 24 Dec. 2024 In an era of identity politics and culture wars, community sponsorship programs seem able to trigger a personal sense of responsibility for caring for others that animates people to override their partisan and social boundaries on an issue that is otherwise defined by them. Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024 That same energy animates Abe Beame’s illuminating story on the resurgence of repertory theaters in the post-COVID cinema world. Longreads, 19 Dec. 2024 Tuck deftly animates Czesława and her family, situating their lives within the larger context of Hitler’s effort to eradicate Poland and its culture. The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for animates
Verb
  • Lowering rates may cause inflation and stimulates the economy to hire more.
    Vipin Bharathan, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Fiber helps slow digestion and stimulates the production of satiety hormones.
    Jillian Kubala, Health, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This arouses the ire of the town’s belligerent sheriff (Colin Hanks, playing against type) and crooked theme park owner (John Ortiz) who decide to get revenge on the apparent family man causing them trouble.
    Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The moon’s clash with Chiron arouses your pessimistic side.
    USA TODAY, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2025

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“Animates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/animates. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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