noun

• Vigour and spirit or enthusiasm.

  ‘Kollo sings with supreme verve and flexibility’

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  • ‘The group from Kolhapur in Maharashtra, to perform before Hyderabadis, was full of verve and vigour.’
  • ‘The design captures the spirit, character and verve of Chinese culture.’
  • ‘Teenage girls have passione and verve and the chutzpah to do anything and wear anything they want.’
  • ‘The major parties have performed all right, but there's no excitement, no verve and no spirit.’
  • ‘With verve and vigour, they hold on to their ideal of delivering the message of peace.’
  • ‘The band have verve, youth and vigour and their ebullient style puts me in mind of The Monkees until I listen to the lyrics.’
  • ‘Its fire, intellectual verve and occasional fanaticism are almost unique in British journalism.’
  • ‘Here, in other words, is a nightmare vision of a world without originality, verve, spirit or love.’
  • ‘In an overwhelmingly male milieu, the diminutive Borda added verve and vigour.’
  • ‘With clarity and verve, he drove home the timeless message of the Gita.’
  • ‘We commend the work of Jyllie in particular for her drive, verve and persistence in organising the parade.’
  • ‘I wrote an introductory e-mail to farms all over Quebec describing my fervour and verve.’
  • ‘The problem is that none of Piggins' performance verve and energy makes it onto the CD.’
  • ‘Names should always be designated with verve and panache and Scotland, it turns out, has plenty of both.’
  • ‘Each number has energy and verve, with more emphasis on songs and arrangements than jazz content.’
  • ‘Maybe we all have an inner desire to ascend towards the heavens with grace and verve.’
  • ‘Sure, there were film songs sung with verve, dances and a skit, and games for children scampering around.’
  • ‘This balletic score received a performance filled with rhythmic verve and brio.’
  • ‘She was a young woman in her 20s who sparkled with creative verve and obvious good taste.’
  • ‘The jathis were in perfect harmony, and executed with energy and verve.’

  Synonyms

  enthusiasm, vigour, energy, pep, dynamism, go, elan, vitality, vivacity, buoyancy, liveliness, animation, sprightliness, zest, sparkle, effervescence, fizz, spirit, spiritedness, ebullience, life, dash, brio, fervour, gusto, eagerness, keenness, passion, zeal, relish, feeling, ardour, fire, fieriness, drive, forcefulness, force, strength, determination, motivation, push, vehemence, fanaticism

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