enlivens
- present tense form of enliven (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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The Washingtons, records show, added wallpaper throughout the house in 1797—and its reappearance enlivens a house that had looked dull.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026
A great glaze enrobes and enlivens the meat.
From Salon • Apr. 18, 2025
They are the weeds that sprout in sidewalk cracks, the elaborate graffiti that enlivens the drab wall of an abandoned building.
From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2024
Public art enlivens the entrances, notably the metal cutout sculpture “Dragon and Phoenix” on the trench walls of Spring District Station.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 29, 2024
Fleming, seventy- one, a former mayor of Garden City, a short man who enlivens an unsensational appearance with rather conspicuous neckwear, resisted the assignment.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
