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
Many also worry about the effect the strike will have on the esprit de corps between faculty and students and the often lifelong relationships they build.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 28, 2022
The department had argued the policy was enforced “to increase discipline, uniformity, safety and esprit de corps throughout this Department,” according to a Washington Post report at the time.
From Washington Post • Nov. 26, 2022
Directed with some unexpected beats by Katie Aselton, the comedy captures a bit of the esprit de girlfriends of HBO’s “Insecure,” but borrows too giddily from the Nancy Meyers rom-com catalog of upscale homes.
From New York Times • Aug. 11, 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
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