as in vigor
active strength of body or mind
the actor plays the part of the superhero with tremendous verve and obvious enjoyment
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Hainline served those around her in verve, in getting started over and over again.
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Courtney Crowder, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2025
This time, there’s an even stronger sense that Gaga is leading the dance, as her boisterous performance brings out the verve in Bennett.
—Kristen S. Hé, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
Kuroda is tasked with carrying the load on her shoulders and delivers, singing and dancing with exhausting verve while dipping into the emotional demands of a character atoning inside her long life.
—David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2025
Paleontologist and science writer Riley Black aims to give evolutionary biology the narrative drive and verve of fiction.
—Richard Horan, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Mar. 2025
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Courtney Crowder, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2025
This time, there’s an even stronger sense that Gaga is leading the dance, as her boisterous performance brings out the verve in Bennett.
—Kristen S. Hé, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
Kuroda is tasked with carrying the load on her shoulders and delivers, singing and dancing with exhausting verve while dipping into the emotional demands of a character atoning inside her long life.
—David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2025
Paleontologist and science writer Riley Black aims to give evolutionary biology the narrative drive and verve of fiction.
—Richard Horan, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Mar. 2025
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“Verve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/verve. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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