animate
verb (used with object)
to give life to; make alive.
had animated
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past perfectof animate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Gone were the Afghan musicians who had animated so many dinners at the embassy before, less because of constraints on budgets than because of those on Ms. Raz’s emotional reserves.
From New York Times ● Dec. 2, 2021
In time, it came to obscure some of the original questions that had animated the “Aiiieeeee!” editors.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 30, 2019
They had animated a test example of Pikachu and they had obviously tried out a whole bunch of actors’ voices to it.
From Washington Times ● May 7, 2019
“They always had animated political discussions around the table, but they had a lot of respect for each other,” said Jones.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 1, 2018
I had all along hoped that one or two stragglers might have reached my position; and this hope had animated every pull.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 by Leighton, Alexander
