How to Use vivacious in a Sentence

vivacious

adjective
  • Bloch, who works out five days a week, is tiny and trim, vivacious and warm.
    — Cynthia Billhartz Gregorian, kansascity, 13 Oct. 2017
  • Leslie is a vivacious free spirit trapped in a cycle of shame.
    — Thelma Adams, Variety, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Her vivacious grandmother took a fall in the night and died two days later.
    — Wray Herbert, Washington Post, 3 July 2020
  • And then there's Olive, a vivacious 2-year-old who loves to be cuddled and held.
    — Sarah Schreiber, Good Housekeeping, 14 Mar. 2017
  • Jacquet is the most vivacious of the bunch, but she's given a lot of cliched coquettish things to do.
    — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 18 Sep. 2017
  • The Waltz, too, was a thing of vivacious beauty, all sweep and brilliance.
    — Zachary Lewis, cleveland.com, 7 Aug. 2017
  • There are palm trees, a vivacious arts and restaurant scene — and fewer potholes.
    — John Raby, ajc, 22 May 2021
  • Karen was a vivacious and vibrant lady who loved to read and seemed much younger than her 76 years.
    — sun-sentinel.com, 16 Sep. 2019
  • Ample was the light and few were the dark passages in a program of vivacious chamber works.
    — Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2020
  • Devin is a charismatic 6-year-old who is vivacious with a large appetite for life.
    — oregonlive, 29 Nov. 2020
  • Under the dark sky of this lunation, your vivacious magnetism will be put to good use.
    — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 29 Mar. 2018
  • Yolande was bold, vivacious, and beloved of every gossip columnist.
    — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 18 May 2026
  • Service is vivacious almost to the point of pantomime.
    — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 17 May 2026
  • Levin was always described as pretty and vivacious, dark-haired and funny and fun.
    — Elizabeth Angell, Town & Country, 12 Nov. 2019
  • You are missed by all of us more than words can ever say, my precious, vivacious and dearly loved youngest daughter.
    — Bulletin Board, Twin Cities, 29 Sep. 2019
  • The mortician’s work had turned Mary, so vivacious in life, into a stranger.
    — Mike Newall, Philly.com, 29 June 2018
  • All of this set against the backdrop of a vivacious London in the middle of a sizzling heat wave.
    — Kirsty Greenwood, USA TODAY, 20 May 2024
  • Today, Victory is a vivacious 5-year-old with a toothy grin, blond hair and a quick mind.
    — Washington Post, 10 June 2019
  • There are a few perks to being enormously vivacious and accomplished in your trade.
    — Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • As an actress, Keaton brought a sense of vivacious, charmingly awkward fun to her work.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2025
  • In Omari Douglas’s hands, Roscoe is a vivacious force to be reckoned with.
    — Manuel Betancourt, Vulture, 19 Feb. 2021
  • Bourne is one of those big, vivacious personalities that teammates just rave about.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025
  • All five songs on The Action are enticing, bold, and vivacious.
    — Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 21 Oct. 2025
  • And the kids are curious, studious, vivacious.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2026
  • While Ethel is vivacious and full of life, Norman has become morose and seems to have given up on life.
    — Emily Sorensen, Pomerado News, 25 Oct. 2017
  • This vivacious space, lit by chandeliers and neon signs, is the place to go for a glass of Champagne, bottle of rosé or a fizzy flight.
    — Catherine Garcia, theweek, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The stares eased a bit after Liliana was born, their beautiful, vivacious little girl a bridge to strangers.
    — Sydney Trent, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2020
  • Matisse, the smart, vivacious ex-wife of Henri Matisse’s youngest son.
    — Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2022
  • The jams quickly began to draw both a vivacious crowd of listeners and a core group of budding jazz musicians.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Leo is ruled by the ever-burning Sun and the vivacious Fire element.
    — Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 5 July 2024

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