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She played with skill and verve.
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In a story told with verve, Sands chronicles 40 years of efforts to restore the Chagos island archipelago to Mauritius from the United Kingdom.
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Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2024
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The French maison makes gorgeous options with angled ends for extra verve, whether hanging loose or more discreetly knotted.
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Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2024
Maybe Happy Ending showed some verve, jumping $116,215 over the previous week to $707,628 and filling 88% of seats at the Belasco.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 3 Dec. 2024
The French maison makes gorgeous options with angled ends for extra verve, whether hanging loose or more discreetly knotted.
—Tom Stubbs, Robb Report, 30 Nov. 2024
The verve of moment and color translate into bold strokes that unravel grand narratives of social history.
—Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American-Statesman, 16 Sep. 2024
See all Example Sentences for verve
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“Verve.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/verve. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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verve
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: lively enthusiasm
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