INSPIRE in a Sentence

Learn INSPIRE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
209 example sentences for INSPIRE, such as:
1. We need someone who can inspire the team.
2. She knew that he was inspired by base motives.
3. The possibility of hurting should inspire an augmentation of respect.
4. This plan is inspired by ignoble motives and I must, therefore, oppose it.
5. Her fervid enthusiasm inspired all of us to undertake the dangerous mission.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of INSPIRE
inspire
 v.  supply the inspiration for
 v.  spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
Classic Sentence: (158 in 11 pages)
1  When he did happen to do so, his shooting was something so infallible as to inspire terror.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER III—SUMS DEPOSITED WITH LAFFITTE
2  "God will inspire us," said he.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER I—IN WHAT MIRROR M. MADELEINE CONTEMPLATES HIS HA...
3  The joy which we inspire has this charming property, that, far from growing meagre, like all reflections, it returns to us more radiant than ever.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER IX—CLOISTERED
4  It is very natural that you should make a little row when you find yourself with persons who don't inspire you with sufficient confidence.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER XX—THE TRAP
5  The attack had been rough, and of a nature to inspire reflection in the boldest.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 14: CHAPTER I—THE FLAG: ACT FIRST
6  The possibility of hurting should inspire an augmentation of respect.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X—DAWN
7  de Treville of women in general, did not inspire him with the least suspicion of his pretty hostess.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 23 THE RENDEZVOUS
8  All these rooms, which communicated with one another, did not inspire Porthos favorably.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 32 A PROCURATOR'S DINNER
9  Then, lackeys who ask questions inspire less mistrust than masters, and meet with more sympathy among those to whom they address themselves.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 64 THE MAN IN THE RED CLOAK
10  Then, infusing all the humility he possessed into his eyes and voice, he addressed the inspector, and sought to inspire him with pity.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 14. The Two Prisoners.
11  But there is no need to know danger in order to fear it; indeed, it may be observed, that it is usually unknown perils that inspire the greatest terror.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 30. The Fifth of September.
12  This is all I know, but I know not, count, how you contrived to inspire so much respect in the bandits of Rome who ordinarily have so little respect for anything.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 40. The Breakfast.
13  Villefort, becoming somewhat reassured, perceived that to avert the maternal storm gathering over his head, he must inspire Madame Danglars with the terror he felt.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 67. At the Office of the King's Attorney.
14  I will revenge my injuries; if I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear, and chiefly towards you my arch-enemy, because my creator, do I swear inextinguishable hatred.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
15  Elizabeth alone had the power to draw me from these fits; her gentle voice would soothe me when transported by passion and inspire me with human feelings when sunk in torpor.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22
Example Sentence: (51 in 4 pages)
1  The balance performed by the Shaolin monks have insisted to inspire many Hong Kong and Hollywood martial arts movies.
2  We are looking for a man with a genteel appearance who can inspire confidence by his cultivated manner.
3  The library's main aim is to educate and inspire children who have seen arts education cut from their school.
4  Our challenge is to motivate those voters and inspire them to join our cause.
5  We need someone who can inspire the team.
6  Faith in our collective power to resolve seemingly intractable problems is a gift that should inspire us all this Thanksgiving.
7  The demonstrators inspired thousands of allies to take to the streets to protest economic inequality and corporate greed.
8  All her fellow demonstrators were busily making posters and handing out flyers, inspired by her ardent enthusiasm for the cause.
9  Katya's zeal was contagious; soon all her fellow students were busily making posters, inspired by her ardent enthusiasm for the cause.
10  This plan is inspired by ignoble motives and I must, therefore, oppose it.
11  And of course it is your experience in Indonesia that inspired your film eastern moon.
12  Her fervid enthusiasm inspired all of us to undertake the dangerous mission.
13  By her simplicity, gay prattle, and efforts to please, inspired me, in return, with a degree of attachment sufficient to make us both content in each other's society.
14  She knew that he was inspired by base motives.
15  I had hoped for a little more from the world's greatest tenor, whose performance was workmanlike but hardly inspired.