as in exuberant
joyously unrestrained
candidates for positions on the cheerleading squad should have naturally effervescent personalities
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Recent Examples of effervescent
And, in the pop of an effervescent bubble, the region has its first modern five-star hotel (with the area’s only destination spa), one that's as golden and whimsical as its namesake sparkler.
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Matt Ortile,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
Today, Nakonechna is quick-witted and effervescent, her laughter loud and sudden.
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ABC News,
27 May 2026
In late April, a group of women with jangly earrings and effervescent energy sat in a beer garden in San Antonio with plastic cups of red wine in front of them.
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Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
20 May 2026
If perfume had a color, this one would definitely be a bright, effervescent orange.
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Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
14 May 2026
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Matt Ortile,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
Today, Nakonechna is quick-witted and effervescent, her laughter loud and sudden.
—
ABC News,
27 May 2026
In late April, a group of women with jangly earrings and effervescent energy sat in a beer garden in San Antonio with plastic cups of red wine in front of them.
—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
20 May 2026
If perfume had a color, this one would definitely be a bright, effervescent orange.
—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
14 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for effervescent
Recent Examples of Synonyms for effervescent
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The warning that exuberant investors might not be quite rational sent temporary shivers through global stock markets.
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Rosie Randisi Presiding over one end of the resort’s iconic, 140-foot freshwater pool, the spa enjoys pride of place within the exuberant greenery of the 32-acre estate in the island’s pastoral north, far removed from Ibiza’s nightlife reputation.
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Ishdeep Narang, a psychiatrist, said the telltale sign is a feeling of desperation rather than joyful anticipation.
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Being joyful there — in the Dominican Republic, where small shacks and houses pieced together by junkyard scraps sometimes hold families with over a dozen members — seems incomprehensible.
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Its infusion of natural tangerine and vanilla flavors offers an elevated take on plain bubbly water.
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Investors in the bubbly stock market seem to be betting that Warsh and his colleagues will ultimately hold off a rate rise.
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Astrologically, this is happening while both Luna and Venus journey through the dazzling and vivacious sign of Leo, making this cosmic close-up all the more fitting when considering this Fire sign’s majestic archetype.
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What happens when a vivacious, perky, wannabe actress moves across the hall from two Caltech physicists whose idea of a big Saturday night is a rousing game of Dungeons and Dragons?
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Wilde thrills at the prospect of movement, setting a pace to match her buoyant mood.
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Ferdinand has spent time around United in recent months but is realistic about the buoyant mood.
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Similarly, the lively Doyles Irish Pub serves classic pub fare such as wings, a Reuben sandwich, and fish and chips.
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In the evening, Banff’s newest late-night spot, The Dusty Boot Saloon, channels cowboy country motifs through nostalgic saloon energy and a lively dance hall, stage for live music and hidden lounges.
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The 70,000-square-foot Slick City Action Park offers a variety of indoor slides, jungle gyms, and semi-bouncy floor air courts in Woodbridge, Virginia.
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Police in Waco, Texas, found themselves in an unusually bouncy pursuit to recapture a runaway kangaroo.
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These wall drawings—at the Colby College Museum of Art in Waterville, Maine, in 2024; the Art Institute of Chicago, in 2025; and Houston’s Menil Collection, in 2025—were all temporary, like frolicsome mirages.
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The vitality of her language, its frolicsome dance with personification, communicates its own resistance in the face of an indifferent world, exploited by imperialist greed and barbaric, militant might.
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“Effervescent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/effervescent. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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