He talked 'with animation' [=in an excited or animated way] about his vacation.
The project has been in (a state of) 'suspended animation' for over 15 years.
animals that sleep through the winter in a state of 'suspended animation'
(..) I'm walking here! - What the hell? - Don't drive trank, low-res scuzzball! Two of them? DOC: I left him in a suspended animation kennel. Einstein never knew I was gone! Marty! What in the name of Sir Isaac H. Newton happened here? Doc, my kid showed up. (..)1989 Back to the Future Part II