SPIRIT in a Sentence

Learn SPIRIT from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

322 example sentences for SPIRIT, such as:

1. They cooperate in a peaceable spirit.
2. The spirit is willing but the flesh is.
3. Level off the shelves with a spirit level.
4. They haven't any more spirit than a rabbit.
5. The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.

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 Meanings and Examples of SPIRIT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
spirit
 n.  a fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character
 n.  the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection)
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  They haven't any more spirit than a rabbit.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
2  Thin as a rail and delicate enough for the wind to blow away and no spirit at all.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
3  But you, my dear Miss O'Hara, are a girl of rare spirit, very admirable spirit, and I take off my hat to you.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
4  Melanie knew she had Ashley securely, so she could well afford to show such a Christian spirit.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
5  What a lonely feeling it was--and she had never been lonely either in body or spirit before.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
6  Something in his look challenged her spirit and brought her strength back in a surge of dislike.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
7  I thought: Miss O'Hara is a girl of rare spirit.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
8  Charles had awakened no idea of what passion might be or tenderness or true intimacy of body or spirit.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
9  Then as Ashley and Melanie and Pittypat and Scarlett mounted the stairs, lighted by Uncle Peter, a chill fell on her spirit.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
10  But even with this loss on the top of the others, the South's spirit was not broken.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
11  He was almost barefoot, crawling with lice, and he was hungry, but his irascible spirit was unimpaired.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
12  And I am hurt, Scarlett, that you do not take my gallant sacrifice with better spirit.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
13  She had hoped when she first came home that Gerald's old spirit would revive and he would take command, but in these two weeks that hope had vanished.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
14  Though unrelated by blood and far apart in age, there was a kinship of spirit and experience binding these women together.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
15  "I think they've got a lot of spirit," said Melanie proudly.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
Example Sentence: (112 in 8 pages)
16  The naughty kid was in the classroom in body but not in spirit.
17  The new leader personified a new spirit of the time.
18  Level off the shelves with a spirit level.
19  It is symbolic of the fighting spirit of modern womanhood.
20  The more you read,the more healthy and brave your spirit will be.
21  We hope the spirit of friendship and cooperation between our countries will remain strong.
22  Strong leadership skill while possessing a great team spirit.
23  The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.
24  Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue.
25  His indefatigable spirit helped him to cope with his illness.
26  They cooperate in a peaceable spirit.
27  Idle such as vinegar, can soften the spirit of the calcareous; diligent like alcohol, can burn the flame of wisdom.
28  The spirit is willing but the flesh is.
29  He is troubled in spirit/His spirit is troubled.
30  And then, they say, no spirit can walk abroad.