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Example sentences for "inspire"

Lexicographically close words:
inspects; inspiration; inspirational; inspirations; inspiratory; inspired; inspirer; inspires; inspireth; inspiring
  1. In fact, it is only on occasions that references of this kind are investigated, for the mere naming of banks and prominent business men is sufficient to inspire confidence that the proposition is "on the square.

  2. It might well be a serious moment to them, for they knew but little of the customs of the whites, and that little was not such as to inspire cheerfulness.

  3. No; it is because you inspire him with disgust, and therefore he flies from you.

  4. For nature is God's revelation sure, Which ever was and ever shall endure, A daily new creation, to inspire To simple pleasures and devine desire.

  5. Thus may his grand career inspire the multitude to-day, Throughout the nation he has dowered all homage due to pay To the majestic mind and will of him, whose honoured name The British nation shrines anew, on the world's proud scroll of fame.

  6. Your private conversations and your publications in the newspapers and pamphlets all tended to inspire that ardent patriotism which a grave crisis in public affairs imperatively demanded.

  7. A movement in this direction would do more to relieve our friends in Kentucky and inspire the loyal hearts in East Tennessee than the possession of the whole of the Mississippi river.

  8. The kind deeds of enemies inspire especially violent hatred although no one of the hypocrites has dared to confess it.

  9. As for the rest, the testimony of any one concerning himself is too unreliable to inspire implicit confidence, and is of no consequence except, perchance, to perplex a thoughtless hearer.

  10. Are we permitted to hope that in presenting such bills as religion and devotion to the King and the country may inspire us to frame, these bills will not be rejected?

  11. There was nothing in this prospect to inspire M.

  12. Madame Dubarry managed to inspire him with fears for his person; and he yielded.

  13. Voltaire so often, how is it that he did not inspire them with a little of that tolerance which he is incessantly preaching, and of which he sometimes has need?

  14. Necker thought, likely to inspire the same confidence in France.

  15. If it be so, nothing can be more politic than to inspire the country with confidence by putting the army on an imposing footing, and by showing greater energy in our negotiations with European powers.

  16. Nothing will help and inspire an average Russian more than the sincere democratic hand of an American.

  17. I pray thee inspire with submission thy sisters of the earth; teach them calmly and patiently to await the return of their warriors.

  18. Such a being, however apt to inspire love, was not likely to be easily won; accordingly, the crowd of lovers who at first surrounded Dianora gradually dropped off, for they gained no favor.

  19. In person he had visited the army to inspire his troops with enthusiasm.

  20. Every thing in the condition and history of the two nations is calculated to inspire sentiments of mutual respect and to carry conviction to the minds of both that it is their policy to preserve the most cordial relations.

  21. We do not dwell upon these days of heartache and suffering, to inspire remorse in the breast of anyone who offered obstacles to the great enterprise.

  22. I expect to have a happy meeting at Carmel, for those old familiar faces inspire me.

  23. And now we find Mountjoy alone on the river bank, wishing that the music of the waves could inspire him to do justice to the thrilling scene just closed.

  24. But a small fact--the assassination of an Irishman of the most ignoble kind--affords ample food for reflection, and cannot fail to inspire grave doubts regarding the solidity of the British Empire.

  25. The Land Act of 1880 had begun to inspire the tenantry with hope, especially as the first decisions of the commissioners gave sweeping reductions off the rents hitherto paid.

  26. Mars then inspire me with the fencing skill Of our Tragedi[a]n Actors.

  27. The misfortunes and the bravery of this young prince inspire a deep feeling of interest.

  28. The Republic of Venice, by the secrecy in which she enveloped this dark act of vengeance, sought to inspire the whole body of her officials with vague alarm.

  29. The Pharaoh kept himself behind his rivers; the military science and skill which had baffled his generals on the field of Altaku did not inspire him with any desire to reappear on the plains of Palestine.

  30. Where, then, is the reason why this class of farmers should be allowed title to more land than the others?

  31. McPherson, under his crust of hardness, was an idealist and almost a sentimentalist; but above all he was a man to inspire respect and command obedience.

  32. No worry, no nerve-racking, and always the tremendous beauty to inspire one!

  33. If you are, why do you not inspire these men who are writing this book about you to put something into the book that no one can understand?

  34. But a transaction still more atrocious than the former, served to inspire the citizens with a resolution to break all measures of obedience, so as at last to restore freedom.

  35. Having now gained a most complete victory, his success seemed only to increase his activity, and inspire him with fresh resolution to face new dangers.

  36. But the valour of an individual was insufficient to inspire a timorous army.

  37. Me he made believe, One apple of Damasco would inspire My thoughts with wisdom, and upon my cheeks Would cast such beauty that each lady's eye, Which looked on me, should love me presently.

  38. I had endeavoured to compose an administration whose talents, integrity, names, and dispositions should at once inspire unbounded confidence in the public mind, and ensure a perfect harmony in the conduct of the public business.

  39. I do not wish to inspire you with false hopes.

  40. Their parents no longer understand how to inspire blind, terrified obedience.

  41. Faith, hope, love must inspire and keep the soul in fervour of desire to reach the heights to which it is called by the Divine voice.

  42. They inspire those who are generous, who feel that the more they give the more they are blessed, who would impart to others their own life that God's love to the world may be known.

  43. There have been crises in the lives of leaders of men when, with all the teaching of the past to inspire them, they should have risen to a faith in God far greater than they ever exercised before; and more or less they have failed.


  44. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "inspire" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    affect; animate; aspirate; assure; blow; bolster; boost; breathe; brighten; bring; call; carry; cause; cheer; contrive; cough; draw; effect; elate; elicit; embolden; encourage; energize; enliven; evoke; exalt; excite; exhale; exhaust; exhilarate; expel; expire; fire; foment; gasp; generate; get; gladden; gulp; hack; hearten; hiccup; huff; imbue; impel; implant; impress; incite; induce; infect; influence; inform; infuse; inhale; inject; inoculate; inspire; inspirit; instigate; invigorate; kindle; lead; liven; motivate; move; nerve; obtain; pant; procure; promise; promote; prompt; provoke; puff; pump; raise; reassure; rejoice; respire; sigh; sneeze; sniff; sniffle; snore; snort; snuff; snuffle; spark; spirit; stimulate; stir; strike; suck; suckle; support; sway; thrill; touch; vitalize; wheeze


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    inspire confidence; inspired book