vital force
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
This constituency is a vital force in the Democratic Party, but its inclusion at the table of power remains a frustrating work in progress.
From Washington Post • Feb. 7, 2023
The Italian physicist Alessandro Volta rejected the idea of ‘animal electricity’, proposed by his rival Luigi Galvani as a vital force that animates organic matter.
From Nature • Mar. 29, 2020
Even President Obama acknowledged the vital force of Korean pop culture during a 2012 speech in Seoul when he said, “People around the world have caught the Korean Wave, Hallyu.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2020
The widespread belief called vitalism held that organic compounds were formed by a vital force present only in living organisms.
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
They think of the cortex as a chamber holding a formless cloud or jelly driven by a mysterious "vital force."
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
