invigorate
verb (used with object)
is invigorating
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present progressiveof invigorate (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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What became clear over the course of the night is that the fight itself is invigorating these women.
From Salon ● Nov. 7, 2018
The arrival of the first snap of cold is invigorating, like jumping into an ice pool after the long sauna of summer.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 8, 2017
It is invigorating and irritating, astute and facile, rigorous and flippant, fair-minded and score-settling, practical and hyperbolic, and maybe a dozen other neurotically contradictory things.
From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2017
But while this freewheeling exercise in citizen democracy is invigorating to many, others believe it has gone too far.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2016
The sun has not shone since we came, but the strong cold air is invigorating like our own climate.
From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
