Sentence examples for rather than invigorating from inspiring English sources

Its precision is impressive and fussy rather than invigorating.

But he points out that war at least modern war is destructive rather than invigorating (1992, 335).

Three and a half months into its reunion tour, Genesis was more proficient than invigorating.

So many of the protests have been invigorating rather than draining.

He has dealt with some pretty ugly stuff over the years — poverty and violence in "Slumdog Millionaire"; heroin addiction in "Trainspotting"; flesh-craving zombies in "28 Days Later" — but almost always with an eager, exuberant energy that makes his films invigorating rather than depressing.

Both these types of reading have now fallen out of favour; there is little consensus about the meaning of The Country Wife, but its "notorious resistance to interpretation" is having an invigorating rather than damping effect on academic interest.

But perhaps Mr Kuo's criticisms will end up invigorating the agenda, rather than marking its demise.

PunditandPundette.com wrote: "My real point is that a conservative candidate would talk about increasing opportunity for the very poor, about lessening the need for food stamps and housing vouchers by reducing government and invigorating the economy, rather than touting the awesomeness of our massive, dependency-inducing welfare state and suggesting it might need some beefing up.

Rather than that final shove over the edge, I prefer to think of them as a gently invigorating path back from the abyss.

It is an invigorating experience, one that lets drivers feel a part of their environment rather than a spectator to it.

— rather than retrograde.