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a(1)
: pulsating with life, vigor, or activity
a vibrant personality
(2)
: oscillating or pulsating rapidly
b(1)
: readily set in vibration
(2)
2
: sounding as a result of vibration : resonant
a vibrant voice
3
: bright sense 4
a vibrant orange
vibrantly
adverb
Synonyms
Examples of vibrant in a Sentence
She has a vibrant personality.
We painted the room a vibrant blue.
Recent Examples on the Web
Odesa’s free port status financed its extraordinary architectural flowering in the 1800s and helped build its vibrant multiethnic society.
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Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2024
Walk out onto the pier, where local kids like to jump off, and soak in the sweeping vistas of the bay, veiled in rain clouds and teeming with vibrant greenery.
—Kathleen Wong, Travel + Leisure, 21 Apr. 2024
Anchoring a vibrant Detroit Hispanic community, its primary strip of restaurants, bakeries, shops and cultural institutions along Bagley Street serves as a gateway into the broader southwest Detroit community, where authentic Mexican and Central American traditions, celebrations and cuisine abound.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 20 Apr. 2024
With the release of her 7th studio album, Lover, in 2019, love certainly seemed to be in the air as Swift once again donned sparkles and vibrant pastels.
—Tabitha Parent, Peoplemag, 20 Apr. 2024
The vibrant interiors penned by Design Unlimited were inspired by the bizarro 1980s movie Fitzcarraldo, by the eclectic German director Werner Herzog.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 19 Apr. 2024
Cody’s vibrant Germantown Revival color palette emerged from a dark era: the devastating 1863-1866 U.S. government campaign to annihilate the Diné by burning villages, killing herds and removing more than 10,000 Navajo from their homelands.
—Patricia Leigh Brown, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2024
Returning for its fifth year, expect a sea of vibrant outfits, history walking tours, catamaran rides, tea at the Gilded Age Henry Morrison Flagler Museum, and even croquet lessons.
—Angela Caraway-Carlton, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2024
South Carolina 12-month inflation: 3.6% The state, the fastest-growing in the country, boasts a robust tourism industry in Charleston, Hilton Head and Myrtle Beach and a vibrant manufacturing sector centered around BMW in the Upstate area and Boeing in Charleston.
—Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024
Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2024
Walk out onto the pier, where local kids like to jump off, and soak in the sweeping vistas of the bay, veiled in rain clouds and teeming with vibrant greenery.
—Kathleen Wong, Travel + Leisure, 21 Apr. 2024
Anchoring a vibrant Detroit Hispanic community, its primary strip of restaurants, bakeries, shops and cultural institutions along Bagley Street serves as a gateway into the broader southwest Detroit community, where authentic Mexican and Central American traditions, celebrations and cuisine abound.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 20 Apr. 2024
With the release of her 7th studio album, Lover, in 2019, love certainly seemed to be in the air as Swift once again donned sparkles and vibrant pastels.
—Tabitha Parent, Peoplemag, 20 Apr. 2024
The vibrant interiors penned by Design Unlimited were inspired by the bizarro 1980s movie Fitzcarraldo, by the eclectic German director Werner Herzog.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 19 Apr. 2024
Cody’s vibrant Germantown Revival color palette emerged from a dark era: the devastating 1863-1866 U.S. government campaign to annihilate the Diné by burning villages, killing herds and removing more than 10,000 Navajo from their homelands.
—Patricia Leigh Brown, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2024
Returning for its fifth year, expect a sea of vibrant outfits, history walking tours, catamaran rides, tea at the Gilded Age Henry Morrison Flagler Museum, and even croquet lessons.
—Angela Caraway-Carlton, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2024
South Carolina 12-month inflation: 3.6% The state, the fastest-growing in the country, boasts a robust tourism industry in Charleston, Hilton Head and Myrtle Beach and a vibrant manufacturing sector centered around BMW in the Upstate area and Boeing in Charleston.
—Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024
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“Vibrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vibrant. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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vibrant
adjective
vi·brant
ˈvī-brənt 
1
a
: vibrating rapidly
b
: having or giving a sense of life, vigor, or activity
a vibrant personality
2
: sounding as a result of vibration : resonant
a vibrant voice
3
: bright sense 2
a vibrant orange
vibrantly
adverb
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