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  • verb Present participle of enthuse.

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Examples

  • I'm reminded of a brilliant clip from the The Onion News Network, in which a reporter is enthusing to the studio anchor about a red carpet event she went to – the Fifth Annual Strong Women in Television Awards.

    Adieu Jack Warner, but beware the next generation of Fifa supervillains | Marina Hyde 2011

  • Rather than coming off as bragging, his enthusing has the effect of drawing his guests deeper into his circle - they are members of his club, and feel privileged to share in his wonder.

    Restaurateur Ashok Bajaj: Potentate of the D.C. plate Manuel Roig-Franzia 2011

  • It's a story that's credited with enthusing a whole generation of young Israeli technology entrepreneurs.

    Tech's Top 25 2011

  • So forgive the return to one of my own old chestnuts, but it feels apposite to recall again that brilliant clip from the Onion News Network, which sees a breakfast TV showbiz reporter enthusing to her studio anchor about the red carpet event she attended the night before – the Fifth Annual Strong Women in Television Awards.

    On your marks, sex, go … for the glamour Games | Marina Hyde 2012

  • I'm reminded of a brilliant clip from the The Onion News Network, in which a reporter is enthusing to the studio anchor about a red carpet event she went to – the Fifth Annual Strong Women in Television Awards.

    Adieu Jack Warner, but beware the next generation of Fifa supervillains | Marina Hyde 2011

  • He chose the less expensive Fichet, enthusing over its elegant profile.

    Pour Perks in New Jersey Lettie Teague 2011

  • She had even started in on psychology, enthusing, “There is so much that is fascinating!”

    A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011

  • On my first trip there, I found myself enthusing like a child on seeing a sign for the Cow Palace (where Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters headed in 1964 to watch the Beatles perform; 2600 Geneva Avenue, cowpalace.com), and my excitement reached boiling point when this was immediately followed by a sign for Candlestick Park (venue of the last Beatles gig, on 29 August 1966; +1 415 656 4900, 49ers.com).

    Insider's guide to musical pilgrimages: Country, soul, blues, folk, world music 2011

  • She had even started in on psychology, enthusing, “There is so much that is fascinating!”

    A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011

  • "I spent one Christmas enthusing over the cool new shirt my parents had bought me," writes Alex Hanton.

    Stoke v Aston Villa - as it happened | Paolo Bandini 2011

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