Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for leavened
Verb
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The bond, like the grief, is ongoing, ebbing and flowing with the passage of time, but enlivened in every memory cherished and in every story told.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Feb. 2026 -
Her jokester father worked for a railway; her realtor mother was a gifted mimic whose impressions of clients enlivened family dinners.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
10 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The concentrate, which counts Zoë Kravitz as a fan, is infused with squalane, vitamin E, glycerin, and botanical oils to quench thirsty skin.—
Iman Balagam,
Vogue,
26 Feb. 2026
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When infused with the power of a rising hegemon, those men were capable of actions that expanded their empire’s ambit.—
Alfred McCoy,
Literary Hub,
26 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The dialogue is imbued with the different characters’ complex psychologies.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Feb. 2026
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The city itself becomes a character imbued within these characters that have their own complexities and emotional depth.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
16 Feb. 2026
Verb
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That gray area, rather than any sweeping new statute, is what animated the Colbert controversy.—
Jay Caruso,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Feb. 2026
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These women’s lack of access led to a resourcefulness that animated their subjects as well as their style.—
Casey Schwartz,
The Atlantic,
26 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The whole show is suffused in bright, warm sunlight.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
25 Feb. 2026
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Panasiuk lived in Bucha, and the book is suffused with the experience of occupation, massacre, and return.—
Alex Averbuch,
Literary Hub,
24 Feb. 2026
Verb
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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
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There’s mofawer, also known as mufawar, brewed coffee rich with spices and evaporated or condensed milk; and qishr, a tea-like, low-caffeine drink steeped with coffee cherry husks, cinnamon and ginger.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
14 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Bees and birds carried soil microbes that inoculated and enriched the terrain.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Feb. 2026
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Parents waited in long lines to have their children inoculated, and enterprising physicians went to rural clinics to reach the last isolated clusters of unvaccinated people.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Leavened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leavened. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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