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verve
[ vurv ]
noun
- enthusiasm or vigor, as in literary or artistic work; spirit:
Her latest novel lacks verve.
- vivaciousness; liveliness; animation:
I like a teacher with plenty of verve.
- Archaic. talent.
verve
/ vɜːv /
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Origin of verve1
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Example Sentences
But Byrne himself is the parodist, and he commands the stage by his hollow-eyed, frosty verve.
A new history tells their remarkable story with sensitivity and verve writes Wendy Smith.
Students, meanwhile, approached the book with greater verve than ever.
And so the question now is not only whether Ryan can reenergize the Romney campaign with his vision and verve.
“He should just write a check and shut up,” Christie responded, with his typical verve.
The pieces themselves were almost worthless; Byron would seem to have lost his verve during the removal.
She played Cupid here with so much verve, point, impudence and sprightliness, that other Cupids were created for her.
A sparkling society tale, full of verve and pathos, would have been another thing, and the editor might have been convinced by it.
A long drink of red wine seemed to put him in the best of trim, and he began to fiddle with a verve that was irresistible.
She has all the dreamy, languid grace of the South combined with the verve and force of the North.
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