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Meanings of animating in English

Giving spirit and vivacity.

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Examples for "enlivening"
Examples for "enlivening"
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Raymond found in Gaston the most charming and enlivening comrade and friend.
In the Days of Chivalry: A Tale of the Times of the Black Prince
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Nothing can be more enlivening than the aspect of the French people.
Travellers' Stories
3
And at moments there was something inspiring, almost enlivening, in the conviction.
The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2
4
But the best of feasts is dull work without an enlivening bowl.
Captain Canot; Or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver
5
By way of enlivening her captivity, she tells us what she did.
George Sand: Some Aspects of Her Life and Writings
Usage of animating in English
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I am talking about the burning question animating many households this Christmas.
The Irish Times
2
He was the animating genius of the city; his voice was obeyed.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 3 part 2: Renaissance and Refor...
3
English scenery, animating air; a rouse to the blood and the mind.
The Amazing Marriage — Volume 2
4
He then contrasts the different spirit animating the officers and the men.
The Forged Coupon, and Other Stories
5
Need was the weakest, resentment the strongest of all the animating motives.
The Father of British Canada: a Chronicle of Carleton
6
The Paimpol fleet were scattered over the quiet mirror, animating the desert.
An Iceland Fisherman
7
The butter and honey are animating views of God and heavenly joy.
Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03
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The Lady Margaret was now among the soldiers, animating them to resistance.
The Truce of God / A Tale of the Eleventh Century
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In many ways, Batsheva's grandmother is the animating spirit of the brand.
The Guardian
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It was an animating struggle, and equally exciting to pursuers and pursued.
The Pirate of the Mediterranean: A Tale of the Sea
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He presumed that this same spirit was probably animating everybody around him.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
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Lord Nugent's account of the military operations is very animating and striking.
Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1
13
How animating this intercourse then was to her, appears from her journals.
Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume I
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Gunner Ince exerted himself like a man, animating everybody by his example.
The Pirates of Malabar, and an Englishwoman in India Two Hundred...
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In fact, throughout the year 1802 the capital presented an interesting and animating-spectacle.
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte — Volume 06
16
The Spirit of Adventure is the most animating impulse in the human breast.
The Bushman — Life in a New Country
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Animating across language varieties
United Kingdom
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United States of America
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