Sentence examples for verve for from inspiring English sources

A remarkable woman whom possessed a great sense of style, wit and verve for life.

This newfound verve for home security comes at a time when crime is actually falling.

Shana had a verve for life that was readily apparent to all who knew her.

As the Cold War kicked in and the Korean War began, the verve for restitution waned.

Without his puckish verve for disruption, it'd become a show about technical adequacy and endless piano ballads.

With the clarity and verve for which he is known, Ferguson elucidates key financial institutions and concepts by showing where they came from.

These are fine and amusing rambles, but they are full of needless digressions ("Timothy Leary, was he entirely bogus?"), and they lack the detail and verve of, for example, Robert Sullivan's "Rats" or Sukhdev Sandhu's recent "Night Haunts," participatory journalism about the nether ends of New York and London (and two more emblematic works of what might be called psychogeography).

The decision by the Broncos' coach, Chris Petersen, and offensive coordinator, Bryan Harsin, should be remembered as the greatest play call in college football history — not only for its verve, but for its significance.

Biblical scenes like "The Feast of Esther" (around 1625) and "Pilate Washing His Hands" (around 1625-6) alsoalso compelling for their theatrical verve and for the deft, exhaustively attentive detailing of costumes and objects.

Some, however, have criticized the album and Verve negatively for repackaging Coltrane material for an unnecessary cash-in compilation.

Criticism of its content tended to be overshadowed by admiration for its wit and verve and for the mature fun of its story lines.