Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for leavened
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Though only half the length of their 2025 breakthrough debut, the New York quartet’s second album is dense with ideas and enlivened by purpose.—
Grayson Haver Currin,
Pitchfork,
11 June 2026 -
Pete Crow-Armstrong then enlivened the dugout in the ninth with a nifty headfirst slide and swim move to avoid the tag as the Pirates played the infield in.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
29 May 2026
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The 68-year-old actress wore Laura Geller's Spackle Primer, which is infused with hyaluronic acid and glycerin to hydrate and smooth skin while creating an ideal base for makeup.—
Brittany Anas,
PEOPLE,
18 June 2026
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Walter Parazaider, the cofounding member and saxophonist for pop and jazz-infused rock band Chicago, has died.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
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There's an elegant nonchalance to all things Celine, and these sneakers are imbued with that same essence.—
Madeline Hirsch,
InStyle,
16 June 2026
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Dripping with passion and lovingly imbued with film noir tropes, Bound is a pulpy delight.—
Eric Farwell,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
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Rushing’s reactions steadily grew more animated, on the field and in the dugout.—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
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Fox‘s new offer to advertisers may get Madison Avenue a little animated.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
18 June 2026
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The standout is a grand, otherworldly picture, devoid of human and animal life but suffused with strange light, and the majesty and menace of colossal ice in moving water.—
Susan Tallman,
The Atlantic,
13 June 2026
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The experiment might sound sentimental, but Chakraborty, the production’s secret weapon, maintains a scientific restraint, albeit one suffused with maternal anguish.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
Verb
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In our research, participants’ stories were steeped with nostalgia for the days of company picnics, Oscar-style end-of-quarter celebrations, and disco-at-the-office parties.—
Alanah Mitchell,
The Conversation,
2 June 2026
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Accommodation is both modest and luxurious working estancias, including three nights at the all-inclusive Cerro Guido, a place steeped of gaucho culture.—
Everett Potter,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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Inoculation involved taking pus from a pock of someone with a not-very-severe case of smallpox, making a cut in the arm of the person to be inoculated, and rubbing the pus into the cut.—
Diana Gitig,
ArsTechnica,
30 May 2026
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In 1796, English physician Edward Jenner successfully inoculated 8-year-old James Phipps against smallpox by using cowpox matter.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
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“Leavened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leavened. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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