Sentence examples for a spirited state of from inspiring English sources

President Barack Obama bucked his low poll ratings and gave a spirited State of the Union last night urging members of Congress to make 2014 a "year of action" on multiple fronts ranging from raising the minimum wage to closing Guantanamo Bay and signalling that where they won't help he will try to get them done alone.

Rosa drowned in the early 19th century while riding her horse by the Tevere River during a flash flood, "owing to the swollen river and the spirited state of her horse," the monument explains.

The Afghan interpreters are also a pet cause in Britain's upper parliamentary chamber, the House of Lords, whose members wax remorseful about the "shameful" and "mean-spirited" state of UK policy.

Mr. Mason then makes a spirited defense of company, stating that Groupon's businesses are doing better than its competitors and seeing "unprecedented growth".

In some ways, the Brooks lecture was a fitting end note to a conversation earlier in the day at the forum where I gathered with a dozen education, business, think-tank leaders for a spirited discussion on the state of the American higher-ed system.

Gather the family for a spirited game of shuffleboard!

Matters improved in a spirited rendition of the joyous finale.

Gather the family together for a spirited game of shuffleboard!

To get a job, a state college would have been effective, but to live the fullest life, I wanted for them the added value of brilliant professors in a spirited community of smart, ambitious friends.

U2, a rock band, gave a spirited performance of one of their songs.

At least Kellogg's provided a spirited defence of their "spokes-simian".