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
Their skepticism about conventional art collecting was in line with an anti-commercial streak in Duchamp, their guiding spirit.
From Washington Post • Jan. 4, 2023
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
Through all his twists and turns Lincoln held firm to his belief that the guiding spirit of the Constitution was the principle of fundamental human equality proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence.
From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2021
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
