Even if its production becomes livelier, the XFL is not likely to become the same social phenomenon as "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" in its prime and "Survivor" (both the original and the new sequel).
"The people have become lively and bright, and not afraid to show more cheerful faces".
The crowd, gallows-humour gloomy for much of the day, perked up, became lively, ribald even.
I have sat through panel discussions on Saul Bellow that became lively debates about Israel and Edward Said.
Over time, the streets became lively, storefronts were unshuttered, new small businesses opened, and people were out and about.
The American urban theorist Jane Jacobs argued that parts of cities become lively and safe through the possibility of chance interactions.
He can't seem to help embellishing the simple characters he is asked to paint; they become lively portraits of worms, fish and monkeys.
Within a generation or two, these became lively cultural centres and major commercial cities for all of southern Russia, contributing to the reorientation of Russia's pattern of trade with the development of agricultural exports from Ukraine.
Young children naturally love to draw, and as psychologists have observed, they go through a phase, between about 5 and 7 years of age, when their drawings become lively and beautifully organized.
