vivid - use in sentences

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • make: Show how the poet uses the first person narrative voice to make the tale more vivid and moving.
  • have: I have had dreams quite as vivid and my waking experiences.

Modifies a noun

  • imagination: What is a girl with a vivid imagination to do to make herself feel safe?
  • recollection: To this day I have a vivid recollection of taking the message on 22nd January 1901 which began: " The Queen died.
  • depiction: The Passion Of The Christ is a vivid depiction of the last 12 hours of Jesus Christ's life.
  • portrayal: Wright's vivid portrayal of growing up makes compelling reading.
  • evocation: The result is a gripping, emotional and vivid evocation of Bonaparte's early years leading up to the Italian campaign of 1797.
  • portrait: Perhaps the most vivid portrait offered is of the creative mind in the act of creating.

Modifying Another Word

  • extraordinarily: Renowned for her extraordinarily vivid recreations of historical events, Carolly Erickson brings out the full fascinating story of the enigmatic Anne Boleyn.
  • wonderfully: And of course we were meant to enjoy it; that is why it is told in such a wonderfully vivid way.
  • remarkably: The broad selection of media is matched to precisely formulated ink that goes on crisply and evenly, for remarkably vivid, fade-resistant output.
  • exceptionally: This is an operatically emotional book, and also an exceptionally vivid one.
  • incredibly: Colors are incredibly vivid, especially the lush greens of Naboo, while black levels are darker than the dark side itself.
  • particularly: GW: Do you have any particularly vivid memories of those sessions?

Used with adjective complement

  • remain: Our dialog of ten years ago on Asia-Pacific regional security still remains vivid in my memory.
  • become: Dobro, my dreams have become even more vivid now.
  • produce: Grimshaw was influenced by the Pre-Raphaelites, & in his youth produced vivid, highly finished landscapes.
  • make: Such disconcerting thoughts help to make vivid the question of what, if anything, is unique about human beings.
  • create: The superb ensemble creates vivid, delightfully winning characters with sharp, witty attitudes; even their political discussions are full of pointed humor.
  • provide: EESOP Suffolk provides vivid, online insights into Suffolk's past.

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