esprit

Example Sentences

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The president told NBC News it would be an exercise in generating some "esprit de corps" - suggesting that he saw an opportunity to galvanise his troops.

From BBC • Sep. 30, 2025

Hiller believes nicknames can be useful in developing an identity and esprit de corps for young players, who are typically lacking both.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2025

But seen here, at comic-strip scale, they radiate imaginative esprit, thanks to the wonderful linear style — shivery and filigree-fine — of an 8th century artist who signed his name.

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2023

And despite all the rule changes, precautions and equipment improvements meant to decrease brain damage, players are bigger and stronger and seem to play with a greater esprit de martyrdom than ever before.

From Washington Post • Oct. 7, 2022

In 1928, when I was nine, I belonged, with maximum esprit de corps, to an organization known as the Comanche Club.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger