vital force
Example Sentences
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“Still, I’m convinced the Sierra Club is a vital force of nature and truly an irreplaceable pillar in the American environmental movement.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2025
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
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
His knees buckled, his arms gave way beneath him, all vital force now conquered by the sea.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
