Sentence examples for present spirit from inspiring English sources

It might take decades of life and use to recover all of its present spirit.

The coach, Carlos Alberto Parreira, has to reintroduce overseas-based players, such as Everton's in-form Steven Pienaar, while retaining the present spirit and momentum.

On Tuesday the Minwa-za Company of Tokyo will recreate the 18th-century Japanese version of the lantern show, using slides from the Edo era (as well as four "lanternists" and three musicians); on Wednesday the American Magic-Lantern Theater, under the direction of a fourth-generation lanternist, Taerry Borton, will present "Spirit of '76," a re-creation of a patriotic lantern show from the 1890s.

I couldn't help but wonder about the extent to which this influence informed his present spirit and style of debate.

It is deep, truly deep, more so than any well, more so than all the seas that bathe the world, deeper than the present spirit that creates it or the voice that sings it, because it is well nigh infinite.

In return, each enjoys one day of the year dedicated to his or her honor, on which santeros will summon the Orisha through music, dance, and ceremonial performances in which sacrifices of food, rum, and animals are made to the present spirit.    .

The view was still common in the mid-eighteenth century when the American Samuel Johnson wrote: "We are, at present, Spirits or Minds connected with gross, tangible Bodies, in such a Manner, that as our Bodies, can perceive and act nothing but by our Minds, so, on the other Hand, our Minds perceive and act by Means of our bodily Organs.

Spoken Word ENGLEWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY "The Traveling Ark Poetry Showkase" presents "Spirit in the Spectrum -- The Colors of Collaboration".

And Simon presented "Spirit Voices," which he cowrote decades ago with Brazil's Milton Nascimento, as a showcase for his young Nigerian guitarist, Biodun Kuti, who replaced the singer's longtime accompanist Vincent Nguini after Nguini's death in December.

Although there are Christian and Muslim converts among the Asante, the traditional religion, based on belief in a distant supreme being, a pantheon of gods and lesser spirits, and the ever-present spirits of ancestors, remains the basis of the Asante conception of the universe.

As we are ushered in and up to the second floor with its little terrace, I wonder if perhaps Clarence Day of 'Life With Father' might be present in spirit, or perhaps not.