But more than improving their record, Marbury's effort reinvigorated his team's sagging spirits.
Reid regularly traveled from Florida to visit Manchester in his home, always trying to raise his new friend's sagging spirits.
But one recent event has captured the country's fervor like none other and lifted the seemingly sagging spirits of Athenians leading up to the Games.
Kathy Burns, a tourist who came here with her husband, Andrew, to celebrate their sixth wedding anniversary, said she could sense the sagging spirits among Chicagoans.
Reporters wondered if the almost-hometown Spartans could lift Detroit's sagging spirits or if it would be a distraction to the team.
We chat about our days, share our thoughts and problems, seek and offer advice, bolster sagging spirits, provide logistical support, alert one another to coming cultural events, discuss the news, books, articles and what-have-you.
My depleted supply of jokes reflected my sagging spirits, even as Emily's spirits soared in horse communion.
Newcastle needed to offer the home crowd something to lift their sagging spirits - but the frustration was increased when the sight of Moussa Sissoko's shot being cleared off the line by Joleon Lescott just after the half-hour was followed by the Baggies taking the lead seconds later.
THE superhero sits brooding and unshaven in a musty armchair, his costume in tatters, his great muscles sagging, his spirit lost to despair.
Some coats are mere insulation and some coats are capable of picking up sagging winter spirits.
