Sentence examples for The mainspring from inspiring English sources

The mainspring of the plot, in Chapter 1, establishes the antic tone.

The "mainspring of his genius is his curiosity," Baudelaire added, and this description could equally describe the average noir detective.

The mainspring of the collection was a dress, a kind of cocoon, that was gathered in bias pleats of silk or cotton and belted at the waist.

The mainspring of the action is the sudden collapse of an old apartment block in the center of Naples, which sends people in the streets around it fleeing in terror.

The mainspring of the development of bioinspired materials and devices is the fact that biological evolution has solved many problems similar to those that humans are attempting to solve in the field of light-harvesting and energy-transferring inorganic compounds.

This man is the mainspring of evil.

That offensive prank is the mainspring of the movie.

He is also the mainspring of NYCB's identity.

She must have been the mainspring of his days.

Study, the mainspring of universities, burdens looking, the playground of art.

So it seems that the Compact is the mainspring from which all rights flow.