living force
Example Sentences
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It must preserve memory as a living force, capable of shaping civic courage and alerting us to the dangers of silence, complicity and ideological manipulation.
From Salon • Jun. 29, 2025
The law was part of a settlement with the Whanganui Iwi, comprising Māori from a number of tribes who have long viewed the river as a living force.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 14, 2022
But if approached with irreverence, you can feel the living force of an extraordinary and particular mind at play.
From New York Times • Jul. 1, 2021
Even their deceased mother, heavy in a casket that her family nearly loses a few times on their difficult journey, is a living force to be reckoned with.
From The Guardian • Mar. 15, 2017
Only one thing indicating the living force of nature did I remark in that dreary countryside.
From War Letters of a Public-School Boy by Jones, Henry Paul Mainwaring