guiding spirit

Example Sentences

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That was part of the guiding spirit that made Warped a summer fixture for 25 years.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2024

The executive said "common prosperity" was no longer a concern only for central government-owned financial firms but had trickled down to state investment banks and become the "guiding spirit" for pay talks this year.

From Reuters • Jul. 29, 2022

George Maciunas, the group’s guiding spirit, believed “everything is art and anyone can do it.”

From Washington Post • Jul. 29, 2021

And yet it’s easy to forgive What Men Want its many faults, given its guiding spirit of fun.

From Slate • Feb. 7, 2019

When will my guiding spirit, in conducting me to the dæmon, allow me the rest I so much desire; or must I die, and he yet live?

From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley