leavened

Definition of leavenednext
past tense of leaven

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for leavened
Verb
  • In essence, Bright Lights, Big City, instead of being emotionally provoking and riveting, is distressingly gray and tedious, enlivened only by Fox’s gifted histrionics.
    Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Her part, like that of Alice in Barry’s previous opera, is enlivened by delightfully squeaky high notes in unexpected places.
    Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • An uplifting one, too, but death infused.
    Colin Fleming, New York Daily News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • After cooking low and slow, the vegetables will be done to perfection, and the chicken will be flavored with salt, pepper, and paprika, and infused with the flavors and aromas of garlic and thyme.
    Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 4 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Baccarat, expert purveyors of all things crystal since 1764, have imbued all its glass-making know-how with a soft pastel hue.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Hindu culture imbued pickles with sacred meaning.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 31 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Eight decades later, as nations inch toward despotism, an art animated by democratic impulses makes a stronger case for itself.
    Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Through the use of 3D/2D visuals, audio and animated elements, murals will spring to life, sea turtles will appear to glide through water fountains, and artists will emerge digitally to share the stories behind their installations.
    Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • It’s known as the cosmic microwave background, or CMB, and is made up of the light that was released when the hot, dense plasma that suffused the early universe cooled enough to form hydrogen atoms.
    Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Levy’s novel is comic but suffused with dread, replicating the internet era’s many disorienting bids for our attention.
    Emma Alpern, Vulture, 8 Apr. 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
  • During the Revolutionary War, George Washington ordered troops to be inoculated against smallpox, which had ravaged the Continental Army and was scaring away recruits.
    Patricia Callahan, ProPublica, 19 Mar. 2026
  • 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
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“Leavened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leavened. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.

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