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  • adjective exciting strong but not unpleasant emotions

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Examples

  • The Strauss opera was up to Salzburg's high musical standards, with soul-stirring playing by the resident Vienna Philharmonic, under Christian Thielemann, with a uniformly fine cast of internationally celebrated singers.

    Salzburg's Summer of Shadows and Shakespeare Paul Levy 2011

  • Late in the book, something that he says about two of his favorite characters, biologist Olaus Murie and his wife, Mardy, could apply equally well to virtually every fired-up conservationist and soul-stirring pristine area in the book: To the Muries, the land forming the Arctic Alaska refuge was the most majestic panorama of wilderness in North America.

    Fighting fiercely to keep Alaska wild Post 2011

  • Last Thursday's episode was epic TV, from Stevie Wonder's wondrous birthday serenade of Steven Tyler to onetime Idol also-sang Jennifer Hudson's soul-stirring performance to Casey Abrams' near-breakdown after being saved by the judges.

    Cheers & Jeers: American Idol: From the Sublime to the Ridiculous 2011

  • The sky soared overhead with that deep, soul-stirring blue you only see in the fall.

    Choker Elizabeth Woods 2011

  • Rosie wrote in a poem style of the woman who rose to overnight infamy after her soul-stirring performance of “I Dreamed A Dream” from the musical Les Miserables.

    Rosie O’Donnell MSNBC Deal Cancelled; No Rosie O’Donnell MSNBC Deal After Rosie ‘Leaks’ Plan Of Deal 2009

  • At this awards show, the stars gladly take a back seat so that the real celebrities on this night are women and men who are doing it up big in the 'hood, whether they are serving up tangy barbecue, soul-stirring sermons or educational inspiration.

    Lavaille Lavette: Paying It Forward in the 'Hood: Steve Harvey's 9th Annual Hoodie Awards Lavaille Lavette 2011

  • The sky soared overhead with that deep, soul-stirring blue you only see in the fall.

    Choker Elizabeth Woods 2011

  • After a soul-stirring trip to Israel, Giffords, the daughter of an interfaith marriage, was moved to define herself as a Jew, says Aaron.

    Giffords' Jewish life stands on justice, service: Rabbi 2011

  • Haiti's earthquake was met with a telethon and a soul-stirring CD release of majestic newly recorded music.

    Shawn Amos: PLAY > SKIP: This Week's New Music Shawn Amos 2011

  • The sky soared overhead with that deep, soul-stirring blue you only see in the fall.

    Choker Elizabeth Woods 2011

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