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    1. enliven the flat children


    2. For its part, San Juan’s cathedral, which dates to 1540 and attracts many sightseers, did not enliven much Roger’s interest


    3. beginning of the 20th centuries sharpen the curiosity and enliven the interest of the visitor


    4. make a turn of phrase clearer, or a reminder on how to enliven prose with the active voice


    5. activities included in the pack and can be used for any subject matter to enliven lessons


    6. enliven the coachee and allow them to see true progress being


    7. So, they tried to enliven their life by seeking pleasures as their fancies suggested, but as the novelty of those diversions wore off, their cumulative exasperation increased reducing the span of their thrill; and back to square one, they realized that they had lost the capacity to enthuse each other, so bored to death but committed to each other, they dragged their feet on their drab marital course


    8. the fresh scent of spring to enliven and rejuve-


    9. Therefore, we need to watch, and simultaneously strengthen what is near death, to enliven others to the reality of the divine presence


    10. For that reason, we should watch, strengthen the near-death buds, and enliven that fruit as testimony to the life within

    11. Our support in words and deeds enliven those who carry on in that attitude


    12. Therefore, we need to watch, and simultaneously strengthen what is near death, to enliven others about the reality of divine inner health


    13. For that reason, watch, and simultaneously bring peace to what is near death, to enliven others about the reality of the spirit‘s inner tranquility


    14. That is to enliven others of the reality of the worth of the divinity in us


    15. Therefore, we need to watch, and simultaneously strengthen the self-expression that is near death, to enliven others to realize the divine communicator within himself or herself


    16. “Your presence will enliven many a cold night around the camp fire


    17. ” Sophia attempted to enliven her tone and closed the windows that were opened by the harsh wind


    18. "Retentio," answered Sancho, "means that whoever is in hell never comes nor can come out of it, which will be the opposite case with your worship or my legs will be idle, that is if I have spurs to enliven Rocinante: let me once get to El Toboso and into the presence of my lady Dulcinea, and I will tell her such things of the follies and madnesses (for it is all one) that your worship has done and is still doing, that I will manage to make her softer than a glove though I find her harder than a cork tree; and with her sweet and honeyed answer I will come back through the air like a witch, and take your worship out of this purgatory that seems to be hell but is not, as there is hope of getting out of it; which, as I have said, those in hell have not, and I believe your worship will not say anything to the contrary


    19. The cavaliers in livery careered before him again as though it were for him alone, and not to enliven the festival of the day, that they wore it, and Sancho was in high delight, for it seemed to him that, how he knew not, he had fallen upon another Camacho's wedding, another house like Don Diego de Miranda's, another castle like the duke's


    20. I want patience, said he, with those who, without wit to enliven or learning to instruct, revile an ennobling profession which, saving the reverence due to the Deity, is the greatest power for happiness upon the earth

    21. If ever I permit you to chronicle any more of my little problems, Watson, I foresee that you will enliven your pages by an account of the singular adventure of the Napoleonic busts


    22. ” “And God only knows,” thought Scarlett, listening obediently to her mother’s soft voice, A widow had to wear hideous black dresses without even a touch of braid to enliven them, no flower or ribbon or lace or even jewelry, except onyx mourning brooches or necklaces made from the deceased’s hair


    23. Evidently Speranski liked to rest after his labors and find amusement in a circle of friends, and his guests, understanding his wish, tried to enliven him and amuse themselves


    24. The guests welcomed Pierre because he always helped to enliven and unite any company


    25. Tom repeated his resolution of going to him early on the morrow; and though Julia, who had scarcely opened her lips before, observed, in a sarcastic manner, and with a glance first at Maria and then at Edmund, that "the Mansfield theatricals would enliven the whole neighbourhood exceedingly," Edmund still held his peace, and shewed his feelings only by a determined gravity


    26. Grant would enliven us, and make our evenings pass away with more enjoyment even to my father


    27. The imagination to enliven


    28. The teacher should see to it that all the children take part in the work, by having somebody's question answered or repeated, now by one, now by another, and now by the whole class at once, but especially by rousing the indifferent, inattentive, and playful children: the first he must enliven by frequent questions, the second he must cause to concentrate themselves on the subject of the common work, and the third he must curb


    29. The conversation was halting and constrained, in spite of Ustenka's and Beletski's free and easy manner and their wish to enliven the company


    30. Evidently Speránski liked to rest after his labors and find amusement in a circle of friends, and his guests, understanding his wish, tried to enliven him and amuse themselves

    31. The guests welcomed Pierre because he always helped to enliven and unite any company he was in


    1. The Spirit ( without the adjective "holy") is also used as the creative spirit from God by which God enlivened Adam, and inspired the angels and the prophets


    2. He'd found that even the most tedious tasks could be enlivened by a lack of clothes - a maintenance report for the local office in


    3. their faith, and by their works, which confirmed their faith and enlivened it, so that their


    4. Brightly cushioned couches, low wooden tables and oriental rugs dotted the floor; paintings enlivened the walls


    5. empty streets of town, thankfully, because while Fred Chickweed was a careful middle-aged man with a good driving record, Ferdy Chicken was enlivened with a sense of purpose that managed to ignore the rules of the road that Fred would have insisted upon


    6. been, enlivened him toward to a vision of a day when he wouldn’t have to be embarrassed to be seen walking the streets of town dressed as a chicken


    7. The lil bomber was enlivened to see his date still sitting patiently on the


    8. He was hoping for no survivors but he felt enlivened


    9. The party went on till the early hours of the morning, enlivened by a


    10. Blue eyes, surmounting a thin nose and thin lips, enlivened a round, pale face

    11. Besides the admiring looks of the males around, and the eagerness of the females to befriend her, enlivened her mood, Roopa didn’t fail to discern the amorous glances of men who loitered around her, though the not so forthright appeared casual, camouflaging their craving


    12. The thought that her dear ones were savoring her every step enhanced her grace and enlivened her vigor in her smart gait


    13. “Then Anand’s arrival for higher studies enlivened our lives even more,” he continued


    14. Indeed they felt revived and enlivened by this quirky behavior and liveliness, and even gave out a hearty chuckle at his antics


    15. Indeed they felt revived and enlivened by this quirky behaviour and liveliness, and even gave out a hearty chuckle at his antics


    16. brought forth fruit as the Spirit enlivened and trans-


    17. True, having had her nap, and had her tea, and eaten all the quite good buttered toast the Blue Dog succeeded, most days, in producing, she was now in a different mood; for the tea, very black and strong, invariably enlivened her, and buttered toast had a lubricating effect on the joints of her mind, reducing her inner friction


    18. The feeling that he would sacrifice his life for her, that he would try to be superhuman just for her, be enlivened when he was with her, he wanted all of that not just the friendship


    19. disposition that enlivened the atmosphere around her but possessed the demagoguery of a politician who makes you believe you are an extremely valued friend and after you give him your vote he simply ignores you


    20. Table conversation was enlivened with mirth

    21. To this I would reply that the same end would be, beyond all comparison, better attained by means of good plays than by those that are not so; for after listening to an artistic and properly constructed play, the hearer will come away enlivened by the jests, instructed by the serious parts, full of admiration at the incidents, his wits sharpened by the arguments, warned by the tricks, all the wiser for the examples, inflamed against vice, and in love with virtue; for in all these ways a good play will stimulate the mind of the hearer be he ever so boorish or dull; and of all impossibilities the greatest is that a play endowed with all these qualities will not entertain, satisfy, and please much more than one wanting in them, like the greater number of those which are commonly acted now-a-days


    22. The senor governor got up, and by Doctor Pedro Recio's directions they made him break his fast on a little conserve and four sups of cold water, which Sancho would have readily exchanged for a piece of bread and a bunch of grapes; but seeing there was no help for it, he submitted with no little sorrow of heart and discomfort of stomach; Pedro Recio having persuaded him that light and delicate diet enlivened the wits, and that was what was most essential for persons placed in command and in


    23. that twittered in a bush, every flower that enlivened the hedge, seemed placed


    24. luxury; now too it was, by means of a profuse illumination, enlivened by


    25. softness and delicacy, was marvellously enlivened by eyes which were of


    26. After crossing a pretty lush prairie, we arrived on the outskirts of a small wood, enlivened by the singing and soaring of a large number of birds


    27. There as yonder, myriads of birds enlivened this part of the polar continent


    28. Beneath the undulations of the billows, the windows were enlivened by the blushing of the rising sun


    29. He could see them as they were at this very moment, the wife probably just beginning to prepare the evening meal, and the children setting the cups and saucers and other things on the kitchen table - a noisy work, enlivened with many a frolic and childish dispute


    30. Harlow and Easton enlivened the journey by coughing significantly whenever they met a young woman, and audibly making some complimentary remark about her personal appearance

    31. This new influence enlivened the conversation


    32. He saluted me with great gallantry, and handed me into the drawing room, the floor of which was overspread with a Turkey carpet, and all its furniture voluptuously adapted to every demand of the most studied luxury; now too it was, by means of a profuse illumination, enlivened by a light scarce inferior, and perhaps more favourable to joy, more tenderly pleasing, than that of broad sunshine


    33. Cole, by the way, could not have given me a greater mark of her regard than in managing for me the choice of this young gentleman for my master of the ceremonies: for, independent of his noble birth and the great fortune he was heir to, his person was even uncommonly pleasing, well shaped and tall; his face marked with the small-pox, but no more than what added a grace of more manliness to features rather turned to softness and delicacy, was marvellously enlivened by eyes which were of the clearest sparkling black; in short he was one whom any woman would, in the familiar style, ready call a very pretty fellow


    34. She had not been present while her uncle was throwing out his pleasant suggestions as to the mode in which life at Lowick might be enlivened, but she was usually by her husband's side, and the unaffected signs of intense anxiety in her face and voice about whatever touched his mind or health, made a drama which Lydgate was inclined to watch


    35. While mothers and elderly people had to cope with lifts that kept breaking down, young people on these soulless estates turned to drugs and crime, enlivened by the occasional riot, adding a sense of violent menace to the already bleak atmosphere


    36. Lucy came with me, and, enlivened by her charming presence, I made an excellent meal, and had a couple of glasses of the more than excellent port


    37. He enlivened the whole party


    38. In April the troops were enlivened by news of the Emperor’s arrival, but Rostov had no chance of being present at the review he held at Bartenstein, as the Pavlograds were at the outposts far beyond that place


    39. Some people maintained that he was a mysterious person, and that no one ever entered his chamber, which was a regular anchorite's cell, furnished with winged hour-glasses and enlivened by cross-bones and skulls of dead men! This was much talked of, so that one of the elegant and malicious young women of M


    40. When a ray of sunlight enlivened the courtyard, when a glass of wine cheered up the porter, it was difficult to pass Number 62 Little Picpus Street without carrying away a smiling impression of it

    41. But Pip loved life, and all life's peaceable securities; so that the panic-striking business in which he had somehow unaccountably become entrapped, had most sadly blurred his brightness; though, as ere long will be seen, what was thus temporarily subdued in him, in the end was destined to be luridly illumined by strange wild fires, that fictitiously showed him off to ten times the natural lustre with which in his native Tolland County in Connecticut, he had once enlivened many a fiddler's frolic on the green; and at melodious even-tide, with his gay ha-ha! had turned the round horizon into one star-belled tambourine


    42. For they are only being driven from promontory to cape; and if one coast is no longer enlivened with their jets, then, be sure, some other and remoter strand has been very recently startled by the unfamiliar spectacle


    43. The masses—that is to say, the majority of mankind, who suffer and toil, their lives dull and uninteresting, never enlivened by a ray of brightness, enduring numberless privations—are those who recognize most clearly the sharp contrasts between what is and what ought to be, between the professions of mankind and their actions


    44. In April the troops were enlivened by news of the Emperor’s arrival, but Rostóv had no chance of being present at the review he held at Bartenstein, as the Pávlograds were at the outposts far beyond that place


    45. Nikita, haven't we any of that red Kavkas wine [Footnote: Chikir] left?" I asked, very much enlivened by Guskof's conversational talent


    46. The stories give a very convincing series of pictures of municipal and State politics; the incidents are all of them more or less familiar, but they are all of them extremely interesting, and the narrative is considerably enlivened by the introduction into it of a rather original character for a State legislature, Azro Craig, a man who is not only scrupulously honest, but has not the slightest hesitation in voting and speaking as he thinks


    1. ‘You men always underestimate women, of course, only to go wrong,’ said Tara enlivening the conversation further, ‘Roopa has brilliant brains and is a judicious reader besides


    2. Sandhya couldn’t contain her joy that Roopa was so joyous, and thanked Raja Rao for enlivening her friend’s mood with his charm and wit


    3. Enlivening scenes constantly visible from the windows--'


    4. ' I found these occurrences very enlivening and entered into the practice of it


    5. But what was new and was enlivening the French read-


    6. All things shone softly in the sun, which was wonderfully warm and enlivening


    7. 47] Now their way lay just upon the bank of the river; here, therefore, Christian and his companion walked with great delight; they drank also of the water of the river, which was pleasant, and enlivening to their weary spirits: besides, on the banks of this river, on either side, were green trees, that bore all manner of fruit; and the leaves of the trees were good for medicine; with the fruit of these trees they were also much delighted; and the leaves they eat to prevent surfeits, and other diseases that are incident to those that heat their blood by travels


    8. But to enter a playhouse and watch a couple of murders for no other reason than that the murderer was a madman, is not enlivening


    9. ” In the farce at the Savoy, there was much of the frenzy that is usually associated with the padded cell, and that is not, as a rule, enlivening to the outsider


    1. Enlivens his fatherland as I, of my fondled Ponferrada,


    2. It is the Holy Spirit, ever the same, that enriches, renews and enlivens the experiences of the saints throughout the ages, and informs the faithful that they are indeed in Christ and Christ is in them


    3. Water enlivens what appears dead


    4. initiation procedure and then enlivens them into adult tribe members


    5. These four legends express the four stages descended by the drunkard; the first, intoxication, which enlivens; the second, that which irritates; the third, that which dulls; and the fourth, that which brutalizes


    6. "Haven't I told you that? It's the fleshly shell I detest, the evil blood that enlivens it, the appetite that drives it, and the consuming pride that motivated it to take my niece


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    Synonyms for "enliven"

    animate enliven invigorate liven liven up exalt inspire brighten delight exhilarate gladden inform vitalise vitalize excite refresh inspirit quicken

    "enliven" definitions

    heighten or intensify


    make lively