inspire
Example Sentences
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Were you inspired by anyone when making this song, or was it more of your own creation?
From Los Angeles Times
Coming off back-to-back four-win seasons, the Patriots didn’t inspire much confidence to the outside world.
Jazz legend Louis Armstrong reshaped music in the 20th century, developing the instrumental solo as we know it and inspiring generations to let loose and get personal with their singing.
The overpass is perfectly located to inspire the Rams, whose headquarters are nearby and whose players drive under the walkway daily.
From Los Angeles Times
I told the audience, composed mostly of students of journalism, that as a young reporter I had myself witnessed the inspiring culmination of all this in 1989 when I'd stood in Wenceslas Square in Prague.
From BBC
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