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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 The brand’s verve for sustainability led to a collaboration with 1 Hotel Mayfair.—Erin Duxbury, WWD, 22 Feb. 2025 After missing four games in November and December because of a hamstring injury, Geronimo’s verve was a boon for Maryland and Willard.—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 20 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for verve
Word History
Etymology
French, from Middle French, caprice, from Old French, word, gossip, from Vulgar Latin *verva, from Latin verba, plural of verbum word — more at word
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