How to Use vivid in a Sentence

vivid

adjective
  • The dream was very vivid.
  • The fabric was dyed a vivid red.
  • He gave a vivid description of the scene.
  • She could remember the dream in vivid detail.
  • The book includes many vivid illustrations.
  • And the up-close look was even more vivid by sound than sight.
    — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 9 Mar. 2021
  • Contrast is key to this vivid set.
    — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 18 June 2026
  • Even the colors are more vivid.
    — Holden Seidlitz, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The rest of the carousel was equally vivid.
    — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The grief remains raw and vivid.
    — Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
  • This film conjures such a vivid sense of place.
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 19 June 2026
  • Abrash described them in vivid terms.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Your dreams may be extra vivid now, so keep track of them.
    — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The memory is so vivid in my mind.
    — Curtis Silver, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • The colors are vivid and the flavors are fresh.
    — Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 2 June 2026
  • But the other, to my mind, is equally vivid.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Beautiful and vivid and steeped in place, like so much of her work.
    — Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2021
  • This fast-paced, vivid world is compelling to toddlers.
    — Kara Nesvig, Parents, 12 June 2026
  • The blue-grey clouds made the green and gold fall colors of the vines all the more vivid.
    — Scott Bay, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The leaves turn a vivid, brilliant scarlet-red in the fall.
    — Chris McKeown, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The swaying of her rope made what was portrayed in the book even more vivid.
    — Literary Hub, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Those tracks are brought to vivid life by the aforementioned killer voice cast.
    — Jenna Scherer, Rolling Stone, 7 Dec. 2021
  • The book also paints a vivid picture of what your life was like at the time.
    — Jem Aswad, Variety, 12 Dec. 2024
  • And there is a vivid difference.
    — Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Jan. 2026
  • That came two years after her first ride, a trip that remains vivid even now.
    — New York Times, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Spring herbs and a bright lemon dressing give it vivid colors and a fresh taste.
    — Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2026
  • There’s still a lot of room for Tony to make the rosier present feel as vivid as his past.
    — Jude Noel, Pitchfork, 13 Jan. 2026
  • But most of these 17 songs are vivid retellings of what happens on the front lines.
    — Will Dukes, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2022
  • The sensation of my head severed from my back is still vivid.
    — Leslie Jamison, The New York Review of Books, 27 Apr. 2021
  • And charcoal was one of the very vivid memories of that.
    — Emily Rella, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025

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