enliven
verb (used with object)
to make vigorous or active; invigorate.
had enlivened
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past perfectof enliven.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Wildlife and conservation experts now confront what in some places were burned over moonscapes, bereft even of common animals that had enlivened the land.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 7, 2021
The trick to using Rangwali was to save it for small spaces: at Studholme’s country home, a former schoolhouse in Somerset, the color had enlivened her pantry.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 11, 2019
In contrast to the small talk and smiles that had enlivened the day's previous picture-taking occasions, Ford sat quietly and gravely; his guest was ill at ease.
From Time Magazine Archive
New York magazine added a footnote, gleefully noting that Yevtushenko had lunched with the editors and that "the enemy of capitalism had enlivened the affair by attempting to sell one of his new poems."
From Time Magazine Archive
Mrs. Mortimer Merriman and Mrs. James Highcamp, who were there with Alc£e Aro- bin, had joined them and had enlivened the hours in a fashion that warmed him to think of.
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
