as in exuberant
joyously unrestrained
candidates for positions on the cheerleading squad should have naturally effervescent personalities
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Recent Examples of effervescent
Paul Smith’s effervescent show was a refreshing surprise, featuring relaxed tailoring in an appealing seasonal palette of pale tonalities that was cheekily, but cleverly, styled with shirts unbuttoned and ties undone.
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Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
23 June 2026
This effervescent combination of gin, lemon juice, simple syrup, and sparkling wine is the ultimate patio sipper.
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Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
14 June 2026
The space itself is decked out with giant round light fixtures and orbs that are nearly effervescent, a fitting reflection of the bar's Champagne-forward drinks program.
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Tanya Edwards,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
8 June 2026
Rio is complex and passionate, effervescent, and pulsating.
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Roberto Prieto,
Variety,
4 June 2026
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Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
23 June 2026
This effervescent combination of gin, lemon juice, simple syrup, and sparkling wine is the ultimate patio sipper.
—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
14 June 2026
The space itself is decked out with giant round light fixtures and orbs that are nearly effervescent, a fitting reflection of the bar's Champagne-forward drinks program.
—
Tanya Edwards,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
8 June 2026
Rio is complex and passionate, effervescent, and pulsating.
—
Roberto Prieto,
Variety,
4 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for effervescent
Recent Examples of Synonyms for effervescent
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The country’s massive celebrations have made international headlines, with videos of exuberant fans rocking cars and even buses going viral.
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Across the Bay Area, plenty of events are planned to accommodate the swarms of exuberant fans gathering to experience the hype, even without any game tickets.
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Part of Black history is innovation in the face of oppression and a determination to create safe, inclusive, and joyful spaces for ourselves and for everyone.
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Would society trend toward debilitating mass unemployment or the joyful end of work?
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Paired with bubbly disco grooves and chant-along choruses, the band became gay icons overnight.
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While Minetree delivers a charming performance, capturing Elle's bubbly optimism and mannerisms, the show largely fails to add meaningful depth and truly enrich one of pop culture's most enduring heroines.
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Astrologically, this is happening while both Luna and Venus journey through the dazzling and vivacious sign of Leo, making this cosmic close-up all the more fitting when considering this Fire sign’s majestic archetype.
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What happens when a vivacious, perky, wannabe actress moves across the hall from two Caltech physicists whose idea of a big Saturday night is a rousing game of Dungeons and Dragons?
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Powering oil operations with wind turbine A tension-leg platform (TLP) is a buoyant, floating structure moored to the seafloor by taut, vertical steel cables.
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Wilde thrills at the prospect of movement, setting a pace to match her buoyant mood.
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Vibrant banners will fill the land alongside lively Spanish music.
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On East Passyunk Avenue, Supérette is a lively French wine bar, market and bottle shop where rosé and pastis are enjoyed with snacks like duck prosciutto and raclette sandwiches.
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The sebum-mimicking lipid offers anti-inflammatory and moisturizing benefits, too, for a younger-looking, bouncier complexion.
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The 70,000-square-foot Slick City Action Park offers a variety of indoor slides, jungle gyms, and semi-bouncy floor air courts in Woodbridge, Virginia.
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These wall drawings—at the Colby College Museum of Art in Waterville, Maine, in 2024; the Art Institute of Chicago, in 2025; and Houston’s Menil Collection, in 2025—were all temporary, like frolicsome mirages.
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The vitality of her language, its frolicsome dance with personification, communicates its own resistance in the face of an indifferent world, exploited by imperialist greed and barbaric, militant might.
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“Effervescent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/effervescent. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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