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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of effervesce.

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Examples

  • Debarred from ordinary amusements or occupations, the irrepressible need of expression effervesced in rhymes as rugged and unlovely as the writers, and ream upon ream of verse accumulated.

    Anne Bradstreet and Her Time Campbell, Helen, 1839-1918 1890

  • Debarred from ordinary amusements or occupations, the irrepressible need of expression effervesced in rhymes as rugged and unlovely as the writers, and ream upon ream of verse accumulated.

    Anne Bradstreet and Her Time Helen Campbell 1878

  • I don't want this night to ever end! judge Bruno Tonioli effervesced about that performance.

    'Dancing with the Stars' penultimate night: We watch so you don't have to Lisa de Moraes 2010

  • MelangePure coffee with effervesced milk and chocolate.

    cheezburger - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • Always she was disappointed, but always she effervesced anew — over the

    Main Street 2004

  • So I read a little Chandler, and Jeeves effervesced over to my writing room.

    Wake Up, Sir! Jonathan Ames 2004

  • As the pale golden fluid effervesced merrily in the light, Francesca believed she had finally arrived in the winner's circle.

    Critical Condition Clement, Peter, M.D 2002

  • After a long, tedious sail, during which I was subjected to every discomfort, and exposure to the weather, as well as jeers and insults that effervesced from a corrupt heart, where they had been concealed for so many years, we reached a spot near enough to the land to discover a cluster of orange trees and a cabin.

    Bond and Free: A Tale of the South 1984

  • "Ah," effervesced the little man, "and did you have a wonderful time?"

    Life, the Universe, and Everything Adams, Douglas, 1952-2001 1982

  • In fact, having a bath in that water was quite an experience; it effervesced.

    A Spell For Chameleon Anthony, Piers 1977

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