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Example sentences for "enlivened"

Lexicographically close words:
enlisting; enlistment; enlistments; enlists; enliven; enlivening; enlivens; enmeshed; enmities; enmity
  1. But the charm of the old place was the water, which enlivened its silence and gave character to its beautiful views.

  2. It is the border town against Bavaria, and is consequently enlivened by a customs office and a few uniforms, but it is a poor place.

  3. The marriage of his two sisters, Maria Leopoldina and Isabella Clara, and the frequent interchange of visits between him and the princes of Italy, further enlivened Innsbruck.

  4. This is a Middlesex town, the older part of it also lying back from the Thames, upon the Colne, whose damp flats form a somewhat dreary background, not enlivened by the banks of a huge reservoir for thirsty London.

  5. So far the path may seem not very attractive unless to lovers or philosophers; but beyond the railway it is enlivened by a prospect of the grounds of Esher Place on the farther bank.

  6. And nothing shall be wanting on my part, I assure you; for I am urged on, not only by an enlivened affection for you, but by a new-born tenderness that plays cheerly round my dilating heart.

  7. Every bird that twittered in a bush, every flower that enlivened the hedge, seemed placed there to awaken me to rapture--yes; to rapture.

  8. She brought him a small dowry by which the chateau was restored to comfort, and bore him two children, a boy and a girl, by whom it was enlivened with natural gayety.

  9. Many such conflicts had enlivened that low-ceilinged book-room of his at Calvinton.

  10. He interchanges mute remarks, enlivened by surprising grimaces, with the lady of the ballet, in the shabbiest of ball dresses, who hangs affectionately upon his arm.

  11. The first day was enlivened by a violent attack which the jailer made upon the red-haired man for looking out of window.

  12. I had full time to reflect upon the obstinate folly which had produced this result; nor were my reflections enlivened by the manners of the police-agents attached to the office.

  13. The country itself was flat and dull, enlivened only now and then by a fir plantation or a pretty village.

  14. Peons and donkeys without number, the former close wrapped in their colored blankets, the latter looking as if they would like to be, enlivened the roads and trails.

  15. Now the scene of the festivities was enlivened by four huge set-pieces of fireworks, each with a bell-shaped base in which a man could ensconce himself to the waist.

  16. Mississippi, with spirits enlivened by the hope of soon rejoining friends far away.

  17. In our way back the party stopped at another camp which was enlivened by the presence of ladies, who had come some hundreds of miles to see husbands and brothers, and in the evening the usual parade took place near the hotel.

  18. The early history of Morrison county is enlivened by many thrilling incidents of Indian warfare, chiefly of contests between the Sioux and Chippewas.

  19. The passengers endured the necessary delays from these causes with great good nature, and the tedium of the voyage was frequently enlivened by boat races with rival steamers.

  20. In Allegros the work was enlivened by bravura passages which were mostly more difficult than those to be found in his compositions.

  21. A crying baby in a hut close by also enlivened the night by its yells; so I sent to the mother of the child and told her to give it some milk, which seemed to quiet it.

  22. The entertainment was particularly dull, and the only thing that enlivened us at all was the excessive crush of the company going up the wooden stairs, which made the whole place shake.

  23. Dorothy loved to shell peas, that ordinarily prosaic task being enlivened by the certainty that she would drop at least two-thirds of the agile vegetables, and be compelled to pursue them into the most unlikely hiding-places.

  24. Many showers, but no serious downpour, enlivened our march, and we arrived at the snug little wooden house just in time to escape a particularly fine specimen of a thunderstorm.

  25. My solitude has just been enlivened by the appearance of a cheerful party of lovely birds.

  26. A restful morning enlivened us sufficiently to enjoy a garden party at the Residency in the afternoon, where not only the English society, but a large number of native gentlemen, were playing lawn-tennis with laudable energy.

  27. Some spectacled German travelers quite enlivened the deck to-day.

  28. Mr. Walker enlivened it all with amusing tales of Indian laborers and their ways when driven by Anglo-Saxons who suffer not the word manana.

  29. As all the picnickers were in good form, we had a particularly cheerful lunch, enlivened by the usual discussion of the perfectly patent truth that self-government is not native to the Mexicans.

  30. I do not now wonder that the girls lose their fine complexions at such an early age, or that love here is merely an appetite to fulfil the main design of Nature, never enlivened by either affection or sentiment.

  31. Rocks still enclosed the valleys, the great sides of which enlivened their verdure.


  32. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "enlivened" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    alive; animate; animated; conscious; enlivened; existent; live; living; quick; viable; vital