as in stimulating
to give life, vigor, or spirit to
in most instances it's a good idea to enliven a speech with a joke or two
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Recent Examples of enlivening
Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 24 Aug. 2025
Adjective
Become Familiar With Korean Fusion Cuisine Mikey Reisenberg is another resident enlivening the city’s culinary scene.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 24 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enlivening
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Integrating dogs into the workplace can reduce the stress of worrying about them all day, and also potentially save employees money in monitoring cameras and stimulating activities when left home alone.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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Ketamine works by stimulating the brain’s resilience mechanisms, according to Krystal.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Cryer is similarly observant toward Sheen’s extended public meltdown, an early inflection point in the social media era in which onlookers got an exhilarating blow-by-blow of one man’s downward spiral.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
10 Sep. 2025
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There’s something uniquely exhilarating about having a true rival.—
Levi King,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Other exciting territory in The Grand Finale involved Mary’s changing relationship with the other Crawley women.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
11 Sep. 2025
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That’s more exciting to me than last year, when James swept the fiction categories, with even the Pulitzer board overriding their fiction judges to award the big prize to Percival Everett’s novel.—
Maris Kreizman,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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For more than a century, the region has been caught in a thrilling but exhausting economic romance.—
Reid Rasner,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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McCarthy led the Vikings on a thrilling comeback, scoring 21 points in the fourth quarter to defeat the Chicago Bears, 27-24, on the road to begin the 2025 NFL season.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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That said, there are far less invigorating ways to watch a good movie go off the rails than to put yourself in the hand of Schnabel.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
3 Sep. 2025
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Draining the swamp never sounded so invigorating.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Specifically, a rousing game of Pips.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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The resulting film drew a rousing ovation at TIFF, a fitting start to its Oscar season rollout for all the work the filmmakers put into it.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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His banter with deadpan Principal Woodman (John Sylvester White) and his loving, eye-rolling wife Julie (Marcia Strassman) brought the series full circle, blending schoolyard shenanigans with heartfelt adult comedy.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Jaiden is a sweet, loving, and happy young person whose smile can light up any room!—
MARE Staff,
Boston Herald,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Forget the crowds of other Rocky Mountain destinations—Durango gives visitors a warm Colorado welcome, and then some.—
Cu Fleshman,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Sep. 2025
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Fall and winter are ideal for testing the soil in flower and vegetable gardens, as well as warm-season turfgrass lawns.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Enlivening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enlivening. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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