Inspired
[ɪn'spaɪəd] or [ɪn'spaɪrd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Inspire
(a.) Breathed in; inhaled.
(a.) Moved or animated by, or as by, a supernatural influence; affected by divine inspiration; as, the inspired prophets; the inspired writers.
(a.) Communicated or given as by supernatural or divine inspiration; having divine authority; hence, sacred, holy; -- opposed to uninspired, profane, or secular; as, the inspired writings, that is, the Scriptures.
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Examples
- He lost the genial suavity of manner which is one of his greatest charMs. A noble indignation inspired his reply. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- If his appearance even inspired us with hope, it only rendered the state of her mind more painful. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Competition with a rival was what inspired him with most passion and energy, he said, and nothing on earth made him half so much in love. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Her old bold life and habit instantly inspired her. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It was gratifying to have inspired unconsciously so strong an affection. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- The feelings you have inspired in me are unaccountable, even to myself. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The first sound of martial instruments that came upon our undisciplined foe, inspired surprise, not unmingled with dread. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- And besides, his passionate refusal to admit the existence of fear, almost inspired Margaret herself with hope. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- She may, he thinks, have inspired her son with a fanatical hatred of Ammon Ra. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- No one knew exactly what inspired her elliptic comments, and her relations had long since given up trying to interpret them. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- It was that face that inspired me to the thing that followed. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- His spirit inspired me with great respect. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- What feelings have they, the season, the air altogether inspired! Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- In the accompanying illustration we see St. homas inspired by Christ in glory, guided by Moses, St . eter, and the Evangelists, and instructed by Aristotle and Plato. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- A dream, all a dream, that ends in nothing, and leaves the sleeper where he lay down, but I wish you to know that you inspired it. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- It has inspired me with great commiseration, and I hope I understand it and its influences. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- One single man is to be noted as inspired by broad ideas and an ambition not entirely egoistic, Cicero. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was the conception of an inspired moment, and she shot off with her utmost swiftness to work it out. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- He, who had always inspired in herself a respect which almost overcame her affection, she now saw the object of open pleasantry. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Inspired by this happy failure, my valor became utterly uncontrollable, and at intervals I absolutely whistled, though on a moderate key. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It inspired little more than an animating curiosity. Jane Austen. Emma.
- The English played well, but the Americans played better, and contested every inch of the ground as strongly as if the spirit of '76 inspired them. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Mr. Winkle himself, inspired by the occasion, was on the wall in a moment, merely pausing to request Sam to be careful of his master. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- No such inspired creation is at unity with itself, any more than the clouds of heaven when the sun pierces through them. Plato. The Republic.
- Since the interest inspired by that report, Hobson’s choice has come to mean a choice without any alternative, or the chance to take the thing which is offered or nothing. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- These wonderful narrations inspired me with strange feelings. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- My experience against Harris, in northern Missouri, had inspired me with confidence. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It inspired a great number of Babylonians and the like to claim Abraham as their father, and thrust their company upon the returning Jews. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He was inspired by a consuming passion for a new order of human life. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And now Alexander, inspired it would seem by dreams of world ascendancy even crazier than his rival's, was posing again as the friend of liberty. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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