Sentence examples similar to a present fillip from inspiring English sources

Shopping was both a habit and a fillip.

A menu printed almost entirely in Dutch adds a fillip to a completely American occasion of lunatic splendor & comfort.

He did so, but with a fillip and a salute to aficionados of Hollywood's past.

The adoption of traffic lights in this country has undoubtedly given automobiling, as a popular pastime, a much-needed fillip.

More to the point, the victory would be a fillip to a prime minister who desperately needs one.

In God's good time, this movement might be given a fillip by a royal patron.

Try Major General Housecleaning as a fillip, as a refreshing alteration.

A further fillip came from Rivers and colleagues' Early Goal-Directed Therapy strategy for patients presenting with severe sepsis [ 7]; this study led to dobutamine becoming enshrined in the Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines [ 8], albeit based on a mere 18 patients whose outcomes remain unknown.

White sands and clear waters have since spurred a tourist boom, with an added fillip from offshore finance.

He called on the WLGA to introduce a "living wage" that would "give a fillip to the local economy".

Though the arrest warrant was initially presented as a response to the horrors of September 11 and as a fillip for cross-border police and judicial co-operation, the execution of this system has been a shambles.