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Example sentences for: verve

How can you use “verve” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

But he was among the first to explore them with a level of intellectual verve and artistic sophistication that suggested to blacks and the world that there was, within the American dilemma of race, not only the expression of mere local and immediate political protest but the broad and rich possibilities of the human condition itself.
But this wealth of earnest achievement doesn’t mean that the people lack verve or the ability to enjoy themselves.
To be sure, I've been known to use that particular Anglo-Saxon expletive myself, and with great verve, too; but to encounter it in the pages of Slate was just too much.
Robert Hughes' PBS series and book American Visions managed to cover a much longer stretch of artistic waterfront with verve, insight, and erudition.
Anyone who has heard Hugh Pennington speak will know that he has a remarkably direct and engaging style, which he translates into the written word with verve.