animal spirits
Example Sentences
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“Failing to incorporate animal spirits into the model can blind us to the real sources of trouble.”
From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026
There is some space for green shoots to sprout now, or at least for the animal spirits of the economy to emerge from non-stop chaos.
From BBC • Nov. 26, 2025
“All of these, not to mention the S&P 500’s linear rally nearing 40% from the 4/7 intraday low, have ignited corporate and investor animal spirits alike,” he says.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 13, 2025
Perhaps his presence unleashed the animal spirits at Bethpage Black.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 29, 2025
She had high animal spirits, and a sort of natural self-consequence, which the attentions of the officers, to whom her uncle’s good dinners and her own easy manners recommended her, had increased into assurance.
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
