leavened

past tense of leaven

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for leavened
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • It’s infused with ingredients that hydrate, plump, and nourish aging skin, including hyaluronic acid, coconut oil, and the collagen-supporting peptide Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1.
    Jenny Berg, Glamour, 25 June 2026
  • The shiny, non-sticky formula is infused with a hyaluronic acid complex, mango seed butter, and fruit extracts to keep lips feeling comfortable.
    Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 24 June 2026
Verb
  • The female figures were not imbued with any larger meaning by the original artists.
    Eric Adler June 24, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2026
  • There's an elegant nonchalance to all things Celine, and these sneakers are imbued with that same essence.
    Madeline Hirsch, InStyle, 16 June 2026
Verb
  • Rushing’s reactions steadily grew more animated, on the field and in the dugout.
    Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2026
  • Fox‘s new offer to advertisers may get Madison Avenue a little animated.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 18 June 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
  • In 15,000 square feet over two stories, the emporium will introduce diners to culinary highlights from throughout Asia, much like how its mall neighbor, Eataly, has steeped diners in the regional specialties of Italy.
    Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 23 June 2026
  • 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
Verb
  • 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
  • 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 27 Jun. 2026.

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