spirit
Example Sentences
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“I had written a book on writing once …” How did professional jealousy, competitiveness, possessiveness, or, on the brighter side, tenderness, collaborative spirit and generosity play out as you wrote a writing book together?
From Los Angeles Times
The visitors showed immense spirit to twice draw level in the first half of Wednesday's return fixture at the Nou Camp.
From BBC
Not only was there quality and attacking threat, there was spirit too.
From BBC
She was the youngest of the four sisters, with a spirit as generous as Mama’s own.
From Literature
Yet even then I could see there was something very unusual, very spirited about her—the steely look in her eye, the sudden smile that lit up her whole face.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
