Verve
noun
Great energy or enthusiasm in expressing ideas, especially in artistic work or performance.
The dancer performed with great verve.
Often appears as...
- perform with verve
- full of verve
noun
The ability to create interesting and unique ideas.
Her verve for interior decorating makes her house a visual delight.
Often appears as...
- verve for
- show verve
noun
Great energy or enthusiasm in expressing ideas, especially in artistic work or performance.
The dancer performed with great verve.
Often appears as...
- perform with verve
- full of verve
noun
The ability to create interesting and unique ideas.
Her verve for interior decorating makes her house a visual delight.
Often appears as...
- verve for
- show verve
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Artistic Expression
'Verve' often describes an artist's lively expression or a vibrant performance that captures attention.
The painter's verve left the audience in awe.
Pro Tip 2/3Energetic Delivery
'Verve' implies a zestful and energetic way of expressing oneself, often noticed in public speaking or performances.
His speech was given with such verve that it motivated everyone.
Pro Tip 3/3Visible Excitement
'Verve' suggests visible excitement or passion that makes something stand out.
Her poetry reading was full of verve, fascinating the crowd.
Pro Tip 1/3Artistic Expression
'Verve' often describes an artist's lively expression or a vibrant performance that captures attention.
The painter's verve left the audience in awe.
Pro Tip 2/3Energetic Delivery
'Verve' implies a zestful and energetic way of expressing oneself, often noticed in public speaking or performances.
His speech was given with such verve that it motivated everyone.
Pro Tip 3/3Visible Excitement
'Verve' suggests visible excitement or passion that makes something stand out.
Her poetry reading was full of verve, fascinating the crowd.
Pro Tip 1/3Artistic Expression
'Verve' often describes an artist's lively expression or a vibrant performance that captures attention.
The painter's verve left the audience in awe.
Pro Tip 2/3Energetic Delivery
'Verve' implies a zestful and energetic way of expressing oneself, often noticed in public speaking or performances.
His speech was given with such verve that it motivated everyone.
Pro Tip 3/3Visible Excitement
'Verve' suggests visible excitement or passion that makes something stand out.
Her poetry reading was full of verve, fascinating the crowd.
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Sarah Weinman
American Journalist
In 'A Bone in the Throat,' he describes his protagonist and alter ego, the cook Tommy Pagano, as 'darker, and not as tall as the chef, his hair stood up straight and spiky like a young Trotsky's.' He describes Little Italy with such verve, such flavor, that it is impossible not to smell the streets or taste the food.
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Richard Corliss
American Writer
Divergent,' directed by Neil Burger, displayed an admirable seriousness and some grim verve in laying out the boundaries of novelist Veronica Roth's dystopia - six segregated but ostensibly harmonious regions defined by their inhabitants' skills.
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Daniel Woodrell
American Writer
I just really like the verve and muscle of good crime fiction, the narrative punch of it. The underlying principle of good crime fiction is an insistence on a kind of root democracy. I've always responded to that notion.
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Kai Bird
American Author
I love the Middle East. My earliest childhood memories are of Jerusalem. I love the colors and smells and cadence of Arabic spoken in the streets of Cairo or Beirut. I also love the modernity and verve of Tel Aviv.
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Dave Eggers
American Writer
I've purposely stayed away from reading much about postmodern theory, and most everything I have read just bored me to tears. I don't think anybody's written about it, or very few have, with any verve.
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Amor Towles
American Novelist
My grandmother, who was simultaneously a woman of manners and verve, fended off marriage proposals until she was 30 because she was having too much fun to settle down.
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Christopher Timothy
Welsh Actor
Oddly, I'm not a huge fan of Brisbane in Australia. I can't quite put my finger on why - it just seemed to lack verve, and I don't have any great desire to go back.
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Miranda Otto
Australian Actress
I love the Russians for their verve, their melancholia, their vivacity, their unpredictability, and their humour.
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Daniel Woodrell
American Writer
I always loved the verve and vivacity of pulp and I kind of merged it with my own interest in family stories.
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Dean Lewis
Australian Musician
I grew up listening to Oasis and The Verve; English music was huge in my house.
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Sarah Weinman
American Journalist
In 'A Bone in the Throat,' he describes his protagonist and alter ego, the cook Tommy Pagano, as 'darker, and not as tall as the chef, his hair stood up straight and spiky like a young Trotsky's.' He describes Little Italy with such verve, such flavor, that it is impossible not to smell the streets or taste the food.
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Richard Corliss
American Writer
Divergent,' directed by Neil Burger, displayed an admirable seriousness and some grim verve in laying out the boundaries of novelist Veronica Roth's dystopia - six segregated but ostensibly harmonious regions defined by their inhabitants' skills.
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Daniel Woodrell
American Writer
I just really like the verve and muscle of good crime fiction, the narrative punch of it. The underlying principle of good crime fiction is an insistence on a kind of root democracy. I've always responded to that notion.
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Kai Bird
American Author
I love the Middle East. My earliest childhood memories are of Jerusalem. I love the colors and smells and cadence of Arabic spoken in the streets of Cairo or Beirut. I also love the modernity and verve of Tel Aviv.
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Dave Eggers
American Writer
I've purposely stayed away from reading much about postmodern theory, and most everything I have read just bored me to tears. I don't think anybody's written about it, or very few have, with any verve.
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Amor Towles
American Novelist
My grandmother, who was simultaneously a woman of manners and verve, fended off marriage proposals until she was 30 because she was having too much fun to settle down.
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Christopher Timothy
Welsh Actor
Oddly, I'm not a huge fan of Brisbane in Australia. I can't quite put my finger on why - it just seemed to lack verve, and I don't have any great desire to go back.
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Miranda Otto
Australian Actress
I love the Russians for their verve, their melancholia, their vivacity, their unpredictability, and their humour.
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Daniel Woodrell
American Writer
I always loved the verve and vivacity of pulp and I kind of merged it with my own interest in family stories.
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Dean Lewis
Australian Musician
I grew up listening to Oasis and The Verve; English music was huge in my house.
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