enlivens

present tense third-person singular of enliven

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Recent Examples of enlivens Yet each performer enlivens a role that looks a bit beleaguered on the page. Alison Herman, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
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Verb
  • The chemical targets a different system in the brain than standard antidepressants, triggering the release of glutamate, which stimulates the growth of new synapses between brain cells.
    Rachel Hale, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Vähäsarja vigorously rubbed some cups on Landers’s back—cupping creates a vacuum and stimulates blood flow—and turned the whole thing bright pink.
    Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • 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

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

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