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UK
/ɪnspˈaɪə/
]
[ US /ˌɪnˈspaɪɹ/ ]
[ US /ˌɪnˈspaɪɹ/ ]
VERB
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heighten or intensify
These paintings exalt the imagination -
serve as the inciting cause of
She prompted me to call my relatives -
draw in (air)
inhale the fresh mountain air
Inhale deeply
The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well
The patient has trouble inspiring -
spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers - fill with revolutionary ideas
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supply the inspiration for
The article about the artist inspired the exhibition of his recent work
How To Use inspire In A Sentence
- Petanque may be the only sport inspired by a disability - that of Jules LeNoir, who in 1910 was a dedicated player of boules, a French game much like bocce ball.
- Clearly the megalosaurus in the opening passage of Bleak House is a flight of hyperbolic fancy (inspired, I would guess, by the papier-mâché dinosaurs constructed for the Crystal Palace Exhibition, a couple of years earlier).
- Pearce , a Zimbabwean architect living in Melbourne, has been inspired by the humble termite.
- Spin, the tracks were mostly inspired by surfing, except for the instrumental "Lady Dada's Nightmare", which is an homage to Lady Gaga, and the title track, which is about "the world economic crisis. Pitchfork: Latest News
- She inspires great loyalty among her followers.
- The original version is censored, using goofy Batman inspired cartoon balloon words to block out some excessively gory details.
- The story was inspired by a chance meeting with an old Russian duke.
- He was a true person and he inspired love in his friends. Times, Sunday Times
- The writings of a great amoralist - a de Sade, a Stirner, a Nietzsche - can inspire a handful of murders in two centuries.
- Baker, while on a visit to Göttingen, was inspired by Klein to study algebraic function theory.
