leavened

Definition of leavenednext
past tense of leaven

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for leavened
Verb
  • The album opens with droning, distorted guitars, a funereal chug enlivened by unexpectedly gargantuan drums.
    Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Up top, the actress wore a crisp white button-up enlivened with a long cream fringe scarf.
    Kelsey Stewart, Footwear News, 13 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Along with hydration, some of the best eye creams for aging skin are infused with actives that provide antioxidant protection, a boost in cellular turnover, and more.
    Jenny Berg, Vogue, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Longtime Marin resident Brandon Hanson is the CEO and co-founder of Goodmellow, which produces functional and THC-infused beverages.
    Jeff Burkhart, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Each rhythmic stop-and-start, each peel of feedback is imbued with the sense that the band might fully crumble into noise and dissonance.
    Colin Joyce, Pitchfork, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Liquid fuels imbued rockets with a more powerful thrust and, thanks to their variable flow, also offered more control—precisely what would be needed for any serious attempt at spaceflight.
    Lee Billings, Scientific American, 18 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Beef does something similar, translating immigrant frustration into the visual vocabulary of an American thriller, animated by distinctly Korean notions of family honor, shame, resentment and parental pressure.
    Dan Bilefsky, HollywoodReporter, 21 Mar. 2026
  • So it’s being written and being animated?
    Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Galaxies contain hundreds of millions of stars and are suffused in sparse, ambient clouds of gas and dust as well.
    Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Ever since, lines from the movies haveshaped our hopes and dreams and aspirations and have suffused our everyday conversations.
    Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Lessons about my culture and history were steeped alongside pots of mint tea.
    Joseph Pool, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Stout, bluesy guitar and a pummeling rhythm lead to McBryde turning in a ferocious, fearless vocal, singing about a litany of vices and urges that stay steeped her bloodline.
    Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 23 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The first French cheese to receive Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) status, it is aged in limestone caves and inoculated with Penicillum roqueforti, which imparts its distinctive taste.
    Nancy Vienneau, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2026
  • It has been inoculated by a parasitic braconid wasp that laid its eggs underneath the skin of the hornworm.
    Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 9 Mar. 2026
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“Leavened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leavened. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.

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