How to Use enthuse in a Sentence

enthuse

verb
  • His presentation failed to enthuse the committee.
  • Suga enthused as the song wound down and the crowd screamed in delight.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 15 May 2023
  • Yet how much the APE shares will enthuse meme traders is unknown.
    Lucy Brewster, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2022
  • There are soups and some breads and pastas for the less-enthused-by-salad crowd.
    Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 2 Oct. 2019
  • Ronaldo was not enthused as the fan then went for a post-kiss selfie.
    Andrew Joseph, For The Win, 26 Mar. 2018
  • Just the other day, Donald Trump enthused over space as a venue for war — and not just games.
    David Thomson, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Apr. 2018
  • Asked about about such a matchup, Hurley wasn't enthused.
    Doug Haller, azcentral, 2 May 2018
  • One of those plays sent a leaping, enthused Love onto the floor in a fist-pumping craze.
    Chris Fedor, cleveland, 5 Mar. 2020
  • The Heat have a set of assets that don’t enthuse the Blazers, who have yet to fully engage with the Heat in trade talks.
    Afentres, oregonlive, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Little can be gleaned from the first five minutes of a season, but Stevens was enthused.
    Lee Jenkins, SI.com, 20 Dec. 2017
  • That’s not to say that all Filipinos are enthused by the way Duterte has prosecuted the drug war.
    Regine Cabato, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2019
  • Paul and Phil could enthuse over a thrilling victory, but also a 500-year-old church.
    Jason Gay, WSJ, 3 Dec. 2018
  • At no point during the car’s launch event did anyone mention, fetishize, or enthuse about speed.
    Alex Goy, WIRED, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Soon after getting the job, Baker received a phone call from Melvin, who wasn’t the only one enthused about the hire.
    Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2024
  • Teams sat back, fearful of conceding rather than enthused at the prospect of scoring.
    SI.com, 17 May 2018
  • Of course, not everyone is enthused by the idea, as the South China Morning Post reports.
    Allee Manning, SELF, 17 Aug. 2017
  • The judges are slightly lukewarm about the tango, though all of them enthuse that Jimmie has a lot of potential.
    Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2021
  • Musk also enthused about selling the bricks in life-sized Lego kits, starting with a pyramid and the temple of Horus.
    Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 18 May 2018
  • Thatcher, who was known as the Iron Lady, was apparently not enthused by the idea.
    Max Burman, NBC News, 29 Dec. 2017
  • The rest of Los Angeles wasn’t quite as enthused by Kolarek’s arrival.
    Jack Harriswriter, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2019
  • There may be some tech startups or other IPOs that attract you, or a friend may be enthused about a new job in the gig economy.
    Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive.com, 21 June 2019
  • Watching the footage, Liverpool fans can be and are enthused at the prospect of Mohamed Salah facing up against Marcelo.
    SI.com, 20 May 2018
  • In often-pricey Palm Beach County, believe it or not, a lot of landlords aren’t enthused about either of those.
    Tim Healey, Sun-Sentinel.com, 23 Jan. 2018
  • The campaign posters tell it all, offering nothing that might enthuse, let alone rile, a placid electorate.
    Josef Joffe, WSJ, 10 Sep. 2017
  • Nevertheless, the authors of the paper are enthused about the prospect of building large-scale hardware out of this device.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 17 Feb. 2020
  • Moby’s argument will enthuse the former and chill the latter.
    Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, 10 Apr. 2018
  • Maybe Ohio voters, overall, weren't enthused about Tuesday's races, Kondik said.
    Jackie Borchardt, cleveland.com, 9 May 2018
  • This is not a change that a group that actually values the sacredness of human life should be enthused about.
    Jennifer Wright, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 June 2017
  • This is not a change that a group that actually values the sacredness of human life should be enthused about.
    Jennifer Wright, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 June 2017
  • Homeowners weren’t especially enthused by the prospect of bordering a care home instead of cafes.
    Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Mar. 2024

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