A man must be more solid, more solid and steady-going and less effervescent.

If Abel's energy was now less effervescent, she realized instinctively that it had become more assured.

Their Etihad Stadium coronation last weekend was just a little less effervescent than it might have been.

The "Dazzler" today is a little less effervescent and those Christmas-light twinkles from the eyes and smile are lower than the wattage of Beijing.

Though Balzac's letters to Madame Hanska became less effervescent as time went on, each year seemed to add to his admiration and "dog-like fidelity."

Less effervescent, but probably more effective, is the approach taken by runaway English Premiership leaders Exeter, who are odds-on to overcome misfiring Northampton.