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- verb Present participle of
liven .
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Examples
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The confidence she shows in her belief that her shapes are enough to allow the collection to speak is evident by the fact she uses pattern and brighter colour sparingly and with great consideration, rather than throwing in for the sake of 'livening' up the collection as many designers feel the need to do.
Kingdom Of Style 2009
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OK, so as planned I have ripped out the old Surprise Sweater and started it anew, with the thought of livening up the colours.
Archive 2009-06-01 Jean 2009
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It's fun on weekends when the Tapatios are in town livening things up.
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It's fun on weekends when the Tapatios are in town livening things up.
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It's fun on weekends when the Tapatios are in town livening things up.
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Oscar planners have sought to shorten the sometimes interminably long show and have tried new ways to present awards in the hope of livening things up.
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It's fun on weekends when the Tapatios are in town livening things up.
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OK, so as planned I have ripped out the old Surprise Sweater and started it anew, with the thought of livening up the colours.
Jean's Knitting Jean 2009
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Chickadees, grey-crowned rosy-finches, ravens, bald eagles, goldeneyes and a few red-winged blackbirds, a pair of blue-winged teal and a solitary rough-legged hawk were livening up the wind.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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Chickadees, grey-crowned rosy-finches, ravens, bald eagles, goldeneyes and a few red-winged blackbirds, a pair of blue-winged teal and a solitary rough-legged hawk were livening up the wind.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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