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Meanings of enliven in English
Synonyms
Examples for "brighten"
Examples for "brighten"
1
He can brighten up any dinner table by suddenly producing a 'problem'.
2
Certainly helps brighten up the place in such dark times, he said.
3
Skylan looked out at the clear, peaceful sky, just beginning to brighten.
4
An unlikely duo has made it its mission to brighten people's days.
5
So it will brighten the eyes and flush the cheeks of France.
1
The pure air of the country would exhilarate him into new life.
2
I'm not sure it would exhilarate me much at the moment.
3
It was thirty below zero; too cold to exhilarate her.
4
They dispel the gloom of retirement, and exhilarate the spirits depressed by intense application.
5
Here moralists and divines might indeed relax in their temperance, to exhilarate their humanity.
Usage of enliven in English
1
Editors wait for a good soundbite to enliven the six o'clock news.
2
Anecdotes enliven the text, including a blistering critique of Ernst & Young.
3
To these may naturally be added the birds that enliven the waters.
4
To enliven the meetings, private members were requested to give oral lectures.
5
All it does is enliven things that may otherwise be falling flat.
6
The water flowing thence became brooks or was diverted to enliven fountains.
7
Then we must try and enliven it up a little for you.
8
A few houses and cottages scattered about, serve to enliven the scene.
9
They enliven their long winter nights with imaginative tales, music, and song.
10
He therefore did his utmost to cheer and enliven those around him.
11
Kitty had served merely to enliven his tender recollections of her mother.
12
We don't have them unmitigated, we get other people to enliven them.
13
These are not the dried black beans that enliven many Mexican dishes.
14
The weather improved and the sorely missed sea breeze returned to enliven racing.
15
For many people, going to work can be something to enliven the day.
16
Trying to enliven the atmosphere may not be your best strategy.
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Enliven through the time
Enliven across language varieties
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