enliven
verb (used with object)
to make vigorous or active; invigorate.
was enlivening
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past progressiveof enliven.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Ms. Stevens observed that talking about aging was enlivening.
From New York Times ● Mar. 4, 2019
It gave easy access to instruments for kids, and it was enlivening to watch them light up once they gravitated toward a favorite one and played it with others.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 11, 2015
During one crucial test, the lab suddenly rocked with laughter: Randi was enlivening things with magic tricks.
From Time Magazine Archive
A green-gold light was enlivening the west and giving a ghostly unreality to the street lamps twinkling in a premature blossoming.
From Broken to the Plow by Charles Caldwell Dobie
It was oddly different from the customary order of things, but the change was enlivening, and everybody enjoyed it with one exception.
From In the High Valley Being the fifth and last volume of the Katy Did series by Susan Coolidge
