Example Sentences

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Our unlikely hero is the Dude from “The Big Lebowski” as a manic pixie dream boy, an effervescently charming and inexplicably quirky chap.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2024

Like the Weber, Farrenc’s Third packs a punch early with the first movement’s surge from adagio to allegro, effervescently realized across the strings on Thursday.

From Washington Post • Feb. 18, 2022

She bears not an ounce of exhaustion, effervescently holding court in a hotel room in the nation’s capital for press day — the same city where “Miss Sloane” is set.

From Washington Times • Dec. 4, 2016

Everton were not as effervescently brilliant as during the dismantling of Aston Villa seven days previous but were a level above in the first half.

From The Guardian • Nov. 28, 2015

The patois of the garage is used with full comic and realistic effect, and effervescently, culminating in the usual happy finish.”—St.

From Throckmorton by Seawell, Molly Elliot