leavened

Definition of leavenednext
past tense of leaven

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for leavened
Verb
  • All of the pastas are made in-house and include spaghetti tossed with crab meat and lobster cream or rigatoni in creamy vodka sauce enlivened with a punch of Calabrian chiles and plenty of garlic.
    USA TODAY NETWORK, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
  • All of the pastas are made in-house and include spaghetti tossed with crab meat and lobster cream or rigatoni in creamy vodka sauce enlivened with a punch of Calabrian chiles and plenty of garlic.
    Amanda Hancock, Louisville Courier Journal, 12 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Although the department’s immigration push has been infused with tens of billions of dollars in funds from legislation Congress passed last year, a shutdown of operations could affect other parts of the department’s budget, including TSA and FEMA.
    Toluse Olorunnipa, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026
  • In addition to claims of up to 24 hours of creaseless wear, it’s infused with hydrating ingredients like hyaluronic acid and squalane.
    Karina Hoshikawa, Refinery29, 4 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • That blustery January Saturday was peaceful, but just weeks before came a day imbued with fear.
    Dallas Morning News, Dallas Morning News, 5 Feb. 2026
  • But they may also be seen as imbued with violence or anxiety.
    Adam Harrington, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Not only did the lyrics appear on the video screen behind the musicians, but they also were animated onto the clip itself.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 6 Feb. 2026
  • His arms, legs and head move, and his face is animated below the visor of his space helmet.
    Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Reid seemed to truly believe, despite the partisanship that suffused the column, that the Senate had been badly damaged.
    Jon Ralston, The Atlantic, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Slow-attack tones emerge and are subsumed back within the haze, like single strands of a spiderweb zooming in and out of focus; the uppermost reaches are suffused in a delicate scrim of what sounds like electronic crickets.
    Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 14 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • It's typically dried rather than eaten raw, with a brittle shell and stringy pulp that's traditionally cracked open and steeped to make a mildly sweet, herbal tea.
    Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 27 Jan. 2026
  • A day steeped in history in numerous ways In a state steeped with political history and tradition, Saturday’s inauguration was unprecedented in other ways too.
    Josh Meyer, USA Today, 17 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Of course, any amount of blue goo and screaming will be too much for many viewers, and only those who are thoroughly inoculated to outrageousness will be able to pick up on nuances in the film’s tone.
    Katie Rife, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2026
  • We’re being inoculated by the patriarchy.
    Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 13 Jan. 2026
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“Leavened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leavened. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

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