Sentence examples for spirit when it from inspiring English sources

The mind, he affirms, directs the laughter of comedy, and civilization is founded in common sense, which equips one to hear the comic spirit when it laughs folly out of countenance and to participate in its fellowship.

PHILADELPHIA — The City of Brotherly Love is hardly imbued with that spirit when it comes to the Eagles these days.

Like the subjects of contemporary westerns, he sought to preserve the pioneer spirit when it was no longer there.

"I do believe it's important to have a bipartisan spirit when it comes to foreign policy," he said.

"I like the fact that he didn't lose his spirit when it didn't all work the way he thought it should," the president said of John McAuliffe.

You can adopt a suitably pioneer spirit when it comes to chucking things into your cookie dough: nuts are a popular addition, particularly hazelnuts, as are dried fruits.

Intimacy at Eight opened there on New Year's Eve 1952, and was retitled High Spirits when it reopened at the Hippodrome in 1953.

It raised the spirits when it was presented to the 1922 Committee of Tory MPs last week by Andrew Cooper, No 10's director of strategy and the founder of the polling company Populus.

They're free spirits when it comes to flavour combinations: among their jams are Strawberry & Rose, Seville & Lavender, Peach Melba, Black Forest, Raspberry & Mint, Norfolk Sweet Pickle and Bloody Mary Relish for the savoury tooth: eight product lines in total, all made with ingredients sourced locally, even from their own gardens.

It's strange in a way to have millions of kindred spirits when it comes to tantrums, constant shoe tying, minivans full of goldfish, and fond memories of our bellies before babies but then feel like adversaries, enemies even, when it comes to the topic of schools.

Plato has Zeno continue his second response to Socrates (quoted above) by saying, "It was written by me in such a contentious spirit when I was still young..