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Example sentences for "livened"

Lexicographically close words:
livelily; liveliness; livelong; lively; liven; livening; liver; livered; liveried; liveries
  1. They livened up in the evening though, and fired a good deal, landing many bullets in the square.

  2. I went down to the brickfields this morning and met Captain Fitzclarence and Captain Williams; things were pretty quiet down there in the morning, though they livened up again shortly afterwards.

  3. The report may be livened up greatly with bits of description portraying the speaker and his surroundings, particularly when they harmonize or contrast with his character or the ideas expressed.

  4. One remark led to another; the conversation livened up.

  5. X After fingering the deposit the old pot-bellied concierge livened up.

  6. Collecting, therefore, has livened up my photography; and it is fresh in my mind that photography has livened me up on two occasions while I have been on this work.

  7. The charred flaccid passages in due time were flushed free from its sustaining alcohol; and every exterior pore cratered with hot water and livened to the quick with a rough towel.

  8. Blue Peter drooping at the foremast, livened suddenly into a spasm of writhing, like a hooked lizard.

  9. This helped me, and I livened somewhat at finding the driver and the breakfast man were both genuine Meakums, as Jenks had told me they would be.

  10. But when Sim had left him Hump Doane stood there while the sunset faded, while the afterglow livened and died, while the cold twilight settled.

  11. He had dressed him in high-laced boots and donned a suit of store clothes, for in his mind were thoughts livened and made keen with the heady intoxication of an atmosphere like wine.

  12. As he spoke he searched the face of his visitor but the only expression that it gave forth in response to the announcement was one of livened and amiable interest.


  13. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "livened" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.