inspiriting

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The road was good and clear; the carriage was light; the wind was inspiriting, the oats suggestive of mischief.

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  • They are generally inspiriting, life-giving, but, if perpetual, would glare too much on the tired sense; one likes sometimes a cloudy day, with its damp and warmer breath,—its gentle down-looking shades. —  Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Vol. I
  • All of which is inspiriting, but I fear the collateral damage from this bloodletting will be our economy.
  • His manner was so gracious and paternal--his sympathy so quick and genuine--his counsel so ready and cheering--his assurances so grateful and inspiriting, that not only was my heart his from that hour, but my future career seemed brighter and more certain than it had ever appeared before Many times in after years, have I been instructed, and guided, and delighted with his conversation, always replete with interest and information; but that first interview I can never forget: it is as fresh and clear to me to-day as it was on the morning after it took place. —  The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada
  • There was something restful and inspiriting, as if she absorbed his generous, superabundant strength So they almost forgot about Hanny, or thought her with the others. —  A Little Girl of Long Ago
  • The childish enthusiasm was so inspiriting, so heedless, so lost to everything but the sheer delight of existence While he stood there the rope was made secure and the squaw's efforts ceased. —  The Heart of Unaga
 

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