as in vigor
active strength of body or mind
the actor plays the part of the superhero with tremendous verve and obvious enjoyment
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Recent Examples of verve
Their songs collage freaky noises, catchy melodies, guitar outbursts, and electronic beats — all played and produced with polymathic verve by Amos — while Brown adds deadpan vocals on top.
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Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 12 June 2025
Luster brims with dark humor, poignant human insight, and sentences that shine with stylistic verve.
—Literary Hub, 10 June 2025
Then the second half makes the case that actually, all that stuff is just set dressing, and the Wicks live and die on the very particular mix of verve and humor that has made their action sequences so distinctive.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 June 2025
Available in a two and three seater configuration and countless upholstery options (like this Kindercore yellow), this versatile 78-inch sectional would feel right at home in a basement or a reading corner in need of some verve.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 30 May 2025
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Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 12 June 2025
Luster brims with dark humor, poignant human insight, and sentences that shine with stylistic verve.
—Literary Hub, 10 June 2025
Then the second half makes the case that actually, all that stuff is just set dressing, and the Wicks live and die on the very particular mix of verve and humor that has made their action sequences so distinctive.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 June 2025
Available in a two and three seater configuration and countless upholstery options (like this Kindercore yellow), this versatile 78-inch sectional would feel right at home in a basement or a reading corner in need of some verve.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 30 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for verve
Noun
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Severe and repeated cases of scale can cause branches to die and reduce a tree’s overall vigor.—
Tim Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Apr. 2025
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As Zidler, Petkoff portrays with vigor a self-serving weasel, albeit with a heart.—
Rick Mauch,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 June 2025
Noun
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These mental health challenges aren’t occurring just because women have multiple baby fathers and are mixing energies with multiple men.—
Essence,
Essence,
23 June 2025
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Not everyone has gotten the memo, but energy demand and production are set to increase tenfold over the next 20 years, heralding a new era.—
Clem Chambers,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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“Verve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/verve. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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