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Sentence Examples Among the more illiterate classes, to be possessed with the spirit of a fox is a form of zoanthropy not infrequently met with. Almost every film made, anywhere in the world, follows the spirit of the yin and the yang. Little things like checking on the lanyards or the boat insurance can keep you young and happy in spirit. The problem becomes that the actual spirit of giving to those less fortunate is placed at a remove. This dedication came not through ambition, or from a search for glory, but through his real generosity of spirit, through love. It is out of this that we will develop the largeness of heart, mind and spirit that will manifest the goodwill we must share with our fellow men. Most of all, she said she draws to keep her late mother's and grandmother's spirit alive. They also aimed to promote a sense of community spirit and pride amongst the Carnarvon population. He has advised Partida on this new release, and the result is a character-filled spirit in the three tequila varieties. The mukanda initiation or boys requires the guidance of a spirit representing an ideal woman. The faces probably represent the Yoruba god Eshu, who mediates the human and spirit worlds and plays a prominent role in the divination process. To think they would observe the spirit of the law and our democratic system is laughable. Mathematical physics is like music, which a young and zesty spirit can best seize and use, as did Mozart. His walk-off was totally without warning and against both the spirit and the laws of the game. This will ultimately foster the spirit of individualism rather than collectivism in the youth. The chocolate mousse had an overwhelming sense of alcohol which was stronger than the amaretto which provided the spirit. He was a pacifist activist to the end, embodying an egoless spirit all too rare among well-known activist types. The greatest crime committed by the colonizer, Brodber suggests, is this zombification of the body and the spirit of the colonized. And so soon after that she was aneled she departed and yielded up her spirit into the hands of our Lord. Nursing must act now in a unified voice with a resolved spirit to determine its own destiny. Show More Sentences And who are the best golfers, the most assiduous respecters of the rules and spirit of the game? The creative energies and the entrepreneurial spirit of the Indian people was straining at the leash. Glass may have been the material that best expressed the restless spirit of art nouveau. He lent his voice talent to many animated characters, but this one is closest to his own spirit. It is customary in Norway to have a shot of this soft caraway and aniseed spirit with breakfast. He later discovered that there is a ritual of initiation into the army in which all applicants are anointed under the spirit of the lion. The case may be legalistically arguable but it is not exactly in keeping with the underlying spirit of the accord. Because the song has become an anthem for teenagers, the film will be true to spirit of the song. While I found it to be full of antic spirit and coarse entertainment, she just couldn't get into it. The combination of the material and the spirit go together to form the foundation upon which the building of the revealed religion resides. One either has the Spirit of Christ, or he has the spirit of the Antichrist which is a demonic presence dwelling within him. This returns us to the themes which Jung encountered in the two fish of Pisces, the fish of Christ and Antichrist, spirit and matter. In mythology, the steep climb up the mountain is the seeking of the masculine spirit in ourselves. Museum directors and trustees are required to honor the letter and spirit of benefactors' wishes. Indulge yourself with the wide and varied treatments available to rejuvenate and revive your body and spirit. We must revive the spirit of Bandung, as a part of an international movement. His life shows that his unruly spirit found expression, joy, and satisfaction in scientific thinking and creation. Thus, the spirit of the age in antiquity is in direct conflict with modern perceptions of the period. The Belgian band encapsulated the friendly spirit of fraternity that lies at the heart of folk. But it has been pursued with the same sectarian, thuggish, and ultimately self-defeating spirit. Show More Sentences Even Easy Rider a wild card that symbolized the anarchistic spirit of that drug ridden time was a Columbia Studio release. The narrative, like the author's life work, reflects a gregarious, optimistic American spirit. All the shops are full of Christmas spirit and the lights and decorations are beautiful. The builders, Deeks and Steere plc of Godalming, had hung lights outside the church to add to the festive spirit. He had all but forgotten what a smile was until he saw Maria give him one of hers, how it seemed to lighten up her face and spirit. I've got such energy and lightness of spirit that I feel as though I've been reborn. This baroque band brought instrumental virtuosity and lightness of spirit to a varied program. Cardoso appeals to the spirit of the nation's soccer fans to shore up the confidence of the country. As the last true representative of the Greek philosophical spirit, Plotinus is Apollonian, not Dionysian. In an age of cinema that favours familiarity, remake and rehash, this director remains one of the few remaining apostles of the pioneer spirit. But it was the constant stream of limos waiting to spirit bankers home from their Park Avenue offices that had particularly raised Dimon's ire. Though the kitchen is willing, the place's spirit is likely to be compromised by invaders from cars, taxis, and rented limos. They thought He was a ghost, a phantasm, an apparition, a spirit, anything except their Master. It dresses up its bars with Texas memorabilia, but it's a fake, profiting on the good name and spirit of genuine Texas roadhouses. Both the copies and the rubbings are completely different in spirit from postmodernist appropriation. Orphaned as a baby and now something of a wild spirit, she shares her secrets with Danny in their private place on the nearby rocky crags. A healthy supply of arak, the strong local spirit, soon banishes any lingering shyness. It also captures the spirit of both the old pirate movies, imparting a sense of heroism and roguishness within the player. When Maria, Ben, Jennifer, Michael and I rendezvoused before the parade, I had no idea how the spirit of carnival would open Michael emotionally. Returning to topic, at a certain point I felt that the innovative spirit of Americana, dealt with below, had departed for other climes. Show More Sentences The bug of enthusiasm and the youthful spirit in the air stung Trivedi too. Engaging with these bodily and ritual practices serves to enrich the human spirit within. There's a spirit in England that is quite different from anyplace else. I am greeted with the same open arms and reverent spirit as always. You can be resolute, I suggest, but your spirit can still be vulnerable. Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of his virtues. I will select a swaybacked old nag without a lick of spirit. The Speyside distillery is famous for taking only the finest cut of spirit for its whisky. Who else in the online fanfic-writing community has taken such a bold leap of imagination while remaining completely true to the spirit of the film series? It kind of takes the spirit away from Facebook that you can post anything you want and there's transparency in the number of likes for a certain question. The spirit of populism is unlike the specter of communism famously invoked by Marx and Engels. Indeed, any sign of courtesy on our roads is taken as a sign of mental or moral weakness, a failure of the spirit, a lily-livered, chicken-hearted attempt to stay alive. She was printing on big sheets of aluminum in the spirit of Mexican retablos, and I wrote some poems for the images, and had them translated so they could appear bilingually. Supposedly materialized or teleported gifts from the spirits, apports appear at some seances under varying conditions-sometimes tumbling out of a spirit trumpet, for example. Weary muscles complain mournfully, yet the heart's spirit overcomes sensations of pain, knowing that limberness shall soon follow a quick morning warm-up and stretch. In Bwa culture certain socially marginal personages, such as foreigners, dwarfs, or lepers, are perceived to facilitate contact with the spirit world. The air was alive with the spirit of the place, fragrant and humid, and humming with energy. The question of Alsace-Lorraine, and the spirit of revanchism to which it gave rise, placed Passy's peace group in an even more precarious position than before the war. Grant's affable rogue has sufficient spirit to lift the farce. Or perhaps more accurately, a man, in his last years, especially but not exclusively consumed by affairs of the spirit. Show More Sentences Wayne has infused the whole operation with a spirit of joy and dedication that is stealth seasoning no one can duplicate. Then I realised that was the wrong spirit in which to do it and repented and only came back to the idea and consented to do it much much later, about three years ago. The family spirit seems to be exemplified by something her sister, Valarie Carey, posted online about herself. It's that roguish spirit that unites these tracks into a glorious whole. It is up to Bulgarians to honour the letter and spirit of the country's constitution, or to amend that very constitution if a need to do so is felt. I am sure that this spirit of defending the roots of the same tribes also exists in you and the Turkish people. He should be free, filling the world with happiness, love and his fighting spirit. If you make a meal of your adventure, your spirit is revived. In the spirit of trying to personalize the listening experience, both XM and Sirius have made it possible for people to contact DJs and programmers with feedback and requests. Finally, egged on by an evil spirit, a destitute J.R. resolves to commit suicide, and gun to his head, pulls the trigger. The modern day Mrs. Claus is embarking on a mercy mission to Romania, to bring a little bit of Christmas spirit into the lives of orphaned children. After some lean years, the spirit of indie US cinema is alive and kicking again and this may be the most anarchic romantic comedy since the heyday of screwball. One thing about him is his constant lightsomeness of spirit and tone. But Millennials plainly have a spirit of innovation and experimentation that is stymied by centralized government. She is a free spirit who embarrasses her child not by her backwardness but by her progressiveness, her individualistic way of dressing and behaving. Yet from about 1500, mercantile capitalism began revolutionizing European societies, as expressed by the scientific and commercial spirit of the Renaissance. Activities included line dancing, a food corner, a quiz about the pupils and a raffle, with teachers getting into the spirit of things by dressing as cowboys and Indians. Naturally, much of this book stems from the writers' residencies in Menton and the spirit of Katherine Mansfield is often invoked, explicitly or implicitly. I have tried very hard to pattern my own life after the profound spirit of love and compassion for all things that I saw within this beautiful woman. Good to hear from you, sir, and glad the spirit of the longbowmen of Agincourt is still alive in Old Blighty. Show More Sentences Webb's spotlight is on freedom of life-style and artistic expression, and his book offers a tasty survey of works in that spirit. It also has an online shop which caters to spirit keeping, paranormal collecting, and magick practice with over 8,000 listings. Efficient but empty and designed for the gore-ismore brigade, the original's spirit, inventiveness and black humour are nowhere to be seen. Eye-watering At about 78degC the alcohol starts to boil, the vapour is collected, cooled and converted back into spirit known as low wines. Chief attorney Bruce Berline told Kyodo News and other media that such a move would run against the spirit of a law prohibiting double jeopardy. That is the spirit Graham exemplified in the Senate on this bill. Gin Rickey Popularly served on the east coast of the US was the Lime Rickey, which can be combined with any one spirit available. More specifically, the Magisterium abducts young children and literally kills their souls, thereby extinguishing the spirit of free thought and inquiry. David Benedictus and Mark Burgess write and decorate these tales of our much-loved characters with all the verve and spirit of Milne's and Shepard's originals. While the association with bad collegiate behavior still lingets on some level, tequila's reputation as a quality spirit now is well established for the most part. The tragic image of the blues that originated in the Mississippi Delta ignores the competitive and entrepreneurial spirit of the bluesman himself. As a result, you could say that the Arab lutist and Portuguese vocalist invert and challenge tradition, taking their cues from a borderless spirit of jazz improvisation. Flaming sambucas are made by pouring the spirit into a glass with coffee beans before setting it alight, producing a blue flame which is extinguished before it is drunk. Instead, the Manitoban quintet specializes in a bluesy brand of old-timey folk music, and injects that traditional mother load with a youthful spirit. Examples from Classical Literature The Semite has been and still is the priest to all Arya, by the deepest necessity of the spirit. They were Semites with the inborn religious spirit which is characteristic of the Semite, and they were also a mixed race. Every railroad journey found him wandering like an earthbound spirit between his seat and the luggage van. In that spirit we may now consider the cases that occur in ectopic gestation. The face is that of an aloof and sunny spirit, full of energy and effectiveness. Nor did the service of praise which preceded the election induce a milder spirit. It was only held together by the impulse of the electress, who had more spirit than earnestness. I suppose it's a sort of familiar spirit that does it, but the electric eye has got something to do with it. A haughty spirit seemed to rise in her by the mere process of the elongation. The very spirit of harmony is embodied in the proportions of the Parthenon. This spirit will be caught by other officers, for bravery is epidemical and contagious as the plague. Here, at least, was an aristocrat with a spirit to be admired and emulated. Endeavor to embody in the laws of the community the spirit of equity and progress. Neither did the orthodox, at first, refuse admittance to the spirit of emendation. The essay had some merit, but it reeked with the emersonian spirit and manner. And Phil was not a whit behind, for the spirit of emulation was rife in him. Wealth gives rank, and gratifies not only the greed but also the emulative spirit of the pack. It is too apt to govern itself by what a bold spirit is encouraged to expect of it. They even believe them endowed with something celestial and the spirit of prophecy. There is that within man that is illumined and energised through the touch of His spirit. Show More Sentences A melancholy, intense as had been his former ecstacy, began to enfold his spirit. How engrained in the spirit of the people this sentiment became is evident, even to this day. The spirit of the God Kjin resides in the enoki tree, the God to whom very old dolls are dedicated. Shake off these bonds that enthral thy better spirit, and let not that beautiful fabric play the hypocrite any longer. In a heart already alienated from the established authorities, this could only envenom a bitter spirit. It was felt that he was hostile, not episodically, to a single measure, but to the peculiar spirit of this pontificate. The second epode prophesies, in anguish of spirit, the downfall of this country. He had much of the Erasmian spirit but nothing in common with the Reformation. The essential oil of the wood, dissolved in spirit, was regarded by Hoffmann as one of the best cordials and invigorants known. Its spirit is the spirit of our law, and its religion is the evangel of our political faith. The neighboring towns and communities felt the force of his spirit of evangelism. Thus is excited among those so brought together a spirit of competition, and a desire in their turn to excel. We all dropt in spirit like so many sacks, after the excitation of the morning. Rosas in Argentina and the blancos in Uruguay represented the spirit of exclusivism and opposition to foreign influences. Some monks of the abbey were requested to come also and exorcise the spirit. They sent out of the city for a famous exorcist, who exorcised the spirit for a week. Missionaries seem to think this spirit can be exorcised by their entrance into the arena. We have merely to explicate the idea of intelligent spirit possessing being in its plenitude. But national spirit could not extemporise a fleet or produce trained officers and sailors to match the conquerors of Lepanto. But national spirit could not extemporize a fleet, or produce trained officers and sailors to match the conquerors of Lepanto. Show More Sentences Culture then is the extolment of our being, the formation of our spirit, or better, its liberation and its beatification. Yours is the faineant spirit of the decadent, masquerading in the garb of a sham primitivism. The wife of Socrates, Xanthippe, was a woman of a most fantastical and furious spirit. This cannot be said of his own attempts, in which their gross faultiness is as manifest as their general want of spirit. They were all quickened with the fervid spirit of enterprise and adventure. They would not allow him to resist, but fettered him and led his spirit away. In this spirit, he was fettered with great care, and conveyed into the interior of the prison. Spirit leaped to spirit unhindered over the fettering bounds of matter and time. Their laws were moulded by the spirit of the feudal system which they imported with them. More than that, she breathed a cleanliness of spirit, a lucid peace, a fibered self-mastery passing into light. Valmond was alive to it all, almost too alive, for at first the flamboyancy of his spirit touched him off with melodrama. Oh, strong, strong are the ties of flesh, and hard it is to subdue the spirit! The Flower of Yarrow herself did not disdain to stimulate, in this way, the foraying spirit of old Harden. As his forefather's fate was, so shall his be, for in both of them dwells the same spirit. But he was a generous man and all meanness of spirit was foreign to his soul. His spirit of determination, his persistence, his foresightedness, seem to me the predominant traits in a well-rounded character. His spirit yearned after his father, and his heart was sick for his forest home. In spite of her fragility she was, from the habit of self-control, a stronger spirit. Like her sister, she showed an admirable spirit at the time of her father's downfall. They liked him, but they were dubious of his right to represent the Tory spirit. Show More Sentences Had she taken the teasing of the meaner girls in a wiser spirit, she knew they would not have sent her the dunce cap. By the spirit that is in me, who am yet a dweller on the earth, I charge thee speak. His end, or her end, is our own in view, and the flagging spirit revives. The first point to be noted is its essentially democratic spirit. Towards four o'clock the human spirit again began to lick the body, as a flame licks a black promontory of coal. Jinn, spirit possession and bewitchment all fall under the category of sihr. It seems impossible that one should ensnare its elusive spirit. If Saul could have had you for his David, the evil spirit would have been exorcised without the aid of the harp. Each will and should be criticised, but always in a spirit of fairness. She felt that she had some of the Flagg spirit of that sort in her. The spirit of the Escorial is in one aspect the spirit of Spain. His spirit retired far into its fastness, taking with it all his energies. In spite of his sad rebuff, the spirit of John Pike had been equable. In that spirit of magnanimity, we'd like to say that we also don't do lost causes when it comes to First Ministers. She noted his fearless poise, and she saw the gallant spirit in his eye. But it is meet I should, in the true spirit of romantic story, give some account of the looks and equipments of my hero and his steed. Now ethyl alcohol is the spirit which is contained in all strong drink. When the spirit is not master of the world, then it is its dupe. Shaking off from my spirit what must have been a dream, I scanned more narrowly the real aspect of the building. At the basis of all is force, dynamism, and universal mind, or spirit. Show More Sentences There are insults which even my forbearing spirit will not meekly endure. These ecstatics were animated not by a pure, but by an impure spirit. A deeply reverential guide to a form of meditation devoted to sanctifying one's own spirit. Then I do,' said Sikes, more in the spirit of obstinacy than because he had any real objection to the girl going where she listed. This was alone wanting to efface every trace of the old Republican spirit. Some of his biographers think that upon this occasion the spirit of Saint Louis had descended upon him. Hers was an effervescent spirit which could not be suppressed. The examiner had given himself up to the spirit of gossiping idleness. She appeared to struggle against a flare of her old rebellious spirit. Her spirit felt as bruised as a fledgeling fallen upon stony ground. Exercise and strong emotion under a hot sun, the shock of public ingratitude, for the moment rued his spirit. Dear, bequeath me that great patience Which has power to sustain A cheerful, uncomplaining spirit In its prison-house of pain. What has your guardian spirit been about, not to forewarn you? But in each of us there lurks some particle of the mob spirit, of the mob temperament. I am soon to exhale from my flesh, like the spirit of a broken flower. I am alarmed when it happens that I have walked a mile into the woods bodily, without getting there in spirit. Its spirit if not its formulae is abundantly present in our modern world. A like spirit, but fiercer and more violent, has appeared in politics. And how pitiable the spirit that prompted to a filching of half-crowns! Not an emigrant, he hoped, within the sense and spirit of the law. Show More Sentences There was perfect uniformity, and yet an individual spirit and emulation. One of the traits of the new spirit is the inquisition it fixed on our scholastic devotion to the dead languages. One of these men set the whole class on fire with a spirit of emulation. And the very spirit of Satan seemed suddenly to take hold of him in his dealings with the slaves. Reports came to his ears of a rebellious and factious spirit in the south. In the selfishness of her enfeebled spirit, Kate still rejoiced. A spirit that was once a man could hardly feel stranger or lonelier, going unrecognized among mankind, than I feel. It belongs not to his nature as spirit, but to his finitude as man. On his tomb was engraven an inscription, conceived in a similar spirit. De Mille spectacular that depicts a reeking, roistering parade of human and animal flesh, it has the spirit if not the substance of an epic battle scene. The mayor's young son is murdered, and even he, a persistent optimist and crafty political machinator, must confront the cynical disillusion that is the spirit of the times. A largeness of spirit, a bottled but always leaking saturnalian joy. There was a steaming mist in all the hollows, and it had roamed in its forlornness up the hill, like an evil spirit, seeking rest and finding none. Renewed hope aroused within her a spirit of greater cheerfulness, and it was almost blithely now that she moved at the side of her weird companion. Meanwhile, Allied Domecq is polishing up the image of another premium white spirit, Beefeater Gin, which has updated its packaging and launched a new marketing campaign. That that spirit with the Russian name has put his spell upon the well. Though adopted into the tribe, he still retained the warlike spirit of his race, and loathed the peaceful, inoffensive habits of those around him. Many of these brave fellows had been educated by Chiron, the four-footed pedagogue, and were therefore old schoolmates of Jason, and knew him to be a lad of spirit. Find more words! 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What is the opposite of spirit? Words that rhyme with spirit What is the past tense of spirit? What is the plural of spirit? What is the adverb for spirit? What is the adjective for spirit? What is the noun for spirit? Translations for spirit Use our Sentence Generator Nearby Words spiring spirillum spirilla Spires spires spireme Spirit spirited spiritedly spiritedness spiriting spiritism 6-letter Words Starting With s sp spi spir spiri