How to Use verve in a Sentence
verve
noun
- She played with skill and verve.
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The team has moved the ball, crisply and with verve, the entire way.
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Bruce Jenkins,
SFChronicle.com,
7 Mar. 2020
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On Up had the verve and vigour of the late singer himself.
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Lauren Le Vine,
refinery29.com,
31 Aug. 2020
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The club, some said, was bound to lose much of its verve.
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Corina Knoll,
New York Times,
9 June 2024
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Its script is junk—but junk brought to the screen with verve.
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Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
17 May 2021
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The sounds of fall have gone silent — the pompom verve of the cheerleaders, the brassy pep of the band.
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Jeré Longman,
New York Times,
22 Oct. 2020
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The performers took the mic to speak their truths with verve and spark and flow.
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Mark Gozonsky,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Dec. 2023
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And Jordan, in his own quiet away, agrees, if not with quite the same verve.
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Dugan Arnett,
BostonGlobe.com,
6 July 2019
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Yet over the past two games, Louisville played with verve and confidence.
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Jeff Greer,
The Courier-Journal,
19 Mar. 2018
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The tenor Rodell Rosel brought verve and flair to the malicious yet bungling Monostatos.
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New York Times,
16 Dec. 2019
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But this in-your-face modern tragedy has something to say and says it with verve and style.
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Matthew J. Palm,
Orlando Sentinel,
24 Apr. 2023
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That verve impresses the mighty All Might, Japan’s greatest hero with the smile to match.
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René A. Guzman,
ExpressNews.com,
27 Aug. 2019
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But one of the best things about Towa Bird is that for her, verve is never in short supply.
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Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
26 June 2024
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Battle of the Sexes is directed with all the verve of a TV movie.
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David Sims,
The Atlantic,
21 Sep. 2017
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But too much of this plays rather rotely, without the verve the film keeps promising.
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Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
12 Jan. 2023
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The minutes and mileage have left a mark on all of the Spurs, but none more so than the Australian ball of verve coming off the bench.
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Jeff McDonald,
San Antonio Express-News,
7 May 2021
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This section has a narrative verve that the other parts of the book lack.
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Washington Post,
19 Nov. 2021
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Rising in the kitchen was about chutzpah, drive, verve and vision.
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Marc Myers,
WSJ,
8 Dec. 2020
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The scenes set in Jane’s classroom gleam with specificity and verve.
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Joanne Kaufman,
WSJ,
23 Apr. 2021
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After fighting off the Netherland in a nail-biter, the U.S. seemed to regain its verve.
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Sean Gregory/yokohama,
Time,
30 July 2021
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In a style that suggests an extended monologue, Lurie shares the highs and the lows with equal verve.
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The New Yorker,
4 Oct. 2021
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This is the verve and that innate élan that says Never give up; face that giant head-on.
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Jedidiah Alex Koh,
Forbes,
19 Dec. 2022
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Overall, the four young stars have great chemistry and give the adaptation verve and life.
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Kelly Lawler,
USA TODAY,
11 May 2018
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The Boston area is alive in the collection, as is the verve and force of this poet’s long career.
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BostonGlobe.com,
14 Jan. 2021
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Flinders Food Co This rustic outback eatery has all the verve and style of an urban cafe.
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Justin Meneguzzi,
Travel + Leisure,
16 June 2024
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But this side has none of the same verve after key players were sold in the offseason.
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USA TODAY,
17 Oct. 2017
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Even the songs that seem slower on record here had a verve and energy that made the music pop.
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Britt Julious,
Chicago Tribune,
19 July 2023
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From the plates to the playlist, this dinner is full of verve and personality.
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Laurel Benedum,
ELLE Decor,
18 Nov. 2019
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In most cases, these lines are best delivered with the naiveté and verve of young people.
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Jim Rutter,
Philly.com,
6 May 2018
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That aspect is at least where Cavill and Ritchson shine, giving their guys a winning, over-the-top verve.
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Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
18 Apr. 2024
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