Example Sentences

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Though the authenticity of Perpetua’s diary has occasionally been questioned, its vividness, earthy colloquial Latin and wealth of circumstantial detail strongly suggest that these are her words.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

In Bread of Angels, Smith writes with her usual vividness about her upbringing.

From BBC • Nov. 4, 2025

Eric Hoffer famously said that “Usually the strength of a mass movement is proportionate to the vividness and tangibility of its devil.”

From Salon • Aug. 1, 2024

It was the first blue pigment discovery in two centuries and a huge advance in safety and durability as well as vividness.

From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2024

Whenever there is any vividness in my narrative it may be ascribed securely to Ovid.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton