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Sentences starting with spirits

Spirits whispered in the rustling leaves, ghosts lurked in the murky nooks, the deep baying of a hound floated up out of the distance, an owl answered with his sepulchral note. [5]
Spirits and bodies flagged, and it needed all my cheerfulness to keep my good fellows to their tasks. [11]
Spirits will not be called for, from the Vasty Deep or anywhere else,--nor would they come if they were. [6]

Sentences ending with spirits

It shrieks and yells with ugliness here and there but it never loses its spirits. [8]
We were a worn and bedraggled and shabby-looking troop; and still, as always, Joan was the freshest of us all, in both body and spirits. [5]
There is no weariness, no fatigue, no worry, no responsibility, no work, no depression of spirits. [5]
While his daughter was curling his hair a swallow flew into the room; this was a good omen and raised the steward's spirits. [10]
New horror seized upon him; with arms flung upward to bid the specters avaunt he muttered the exorcism against the wiles of evil spirits. [10]
As carts passed under the great archway, its depth multiplied the sounds so powerfully, the echoes were so fantastic, that folk believed them the roarings of fiendish spirits. [11]
And it is true that the satisfaction of having a situation, of doing something, the relief to the previous daily anxiety and almost despair, raised his spirits. [4]
His scheme was too grand for these feeble spirits. [10]
I am thankful to say my husband is in improved health and spirits. [14]
It was with this staring him in the face that Erris Boyne's company seemed to offer at least a recovery of his good spirits. [11]

Short sentences using spirits

The spirits are with us. [11]
My spirits continued high. [11]
Tom was in high spirits. [5]
He was in high spirits. [4]
His spirits took another leap. [11]
Evidently spirits were abroad. [5]

Sentences containing spirits two or more times

At the other end of the cloth were Mr. Cooke and the Four, in wonderful spirits and unimpaired appetite, and in their midst sat the Celebrity, likewise in wonderful spirits. [9]

More example sentences with the word spirits in them

He crawls after Zeno; he submits to authority, and requires more independent spirits to do the same. [10]
But I have your word for it, too, and the returning elasticity of spirits which is manifested in your letters. [7]
He had never yet visited the northern part of the lake, there where it was so dark, and mysterious, and where--as old Nonna used to relate--evil spirits dwelt, and a giant covered with pumice-stone was compelled by a curse to live. [10]
Oh, tell me, ye strong spirits, or ye dark and fleeting clouds, that I yet have a friend. [5]
The heavenly spirits would submit only to those mortals who shared in some of their highest characteristics. [10]
As the phaeton would make the distance to the station in less time than the car, this seemed the sensible thing to do, and Denzil's spirits fell. [11]
How beautiful the world is to an invalid, whose senses are all clarified, who has been so near the world of spirits that she is sensitive to the finest influences, and whose frame responds with a thrill to the subtlest ministrations of soothing nature. [5]
His recent interview with the Doctor, certain remarks which had been dropped in his hearing, but above all an unaccountable impression upon his spirits, all combined to fill his mind with a foreboding conviction that he was very near some overshadowing danger. [6]
Here was tea, with milk or with lemon-baths of it and claret-cup for the hardier spirits throughout the evening. [8]
But out of wilful idleness, the mere flattery of the senses, a vampire feeding upon the spirits and souls of others, for nothing save emotion for emotion's sake --that was shameless, it was the last humiliation of a woman. [11]
But on the whole there was a certain exhilaration in the preparation and the going, and her spirits rose as they had not done in months before. [4]
The young Doctor, who was in the best of spirits, had been laughing and chatting with the two Annexes. [6]
There were some who scattered as he drew near, and of the less timorous spirits that remained only a few raised dark, sullen glances to encounter his, which was unflinching, passionately contemptuous. [9]
The effervescing spirits which did not find vent in such pranks obtained expression in a different form. [10]
But the qualities which alienated an expert here and there caught the imagination of the pioneer spirits of Lebanon. [11]
Her own spirits were none too good, and Miss Lucretia's eye, in its search for truth, seemed to pierce into her very soul. [9]
Albeit my spirits were low, 'twas no small entertainment to watch the doctor and his rivals at their adieus. [9]
While the company were filling and refilling the beakers, which raised their spirits to so wild a pitch, the prisoner Pentaur had been examined in the presence of the Regent. [10]
The young spirits were excited to the highest pitch, but each expressed his feelings in quite a different manner. [10]
But her spirits were at the very top notch, now. [5]
Many of them were "gentlemen" adventurers, turbulent spirits, who would not work, who were much better fitted for piratical maraudings than the labor of founding a state. [4]
As the days went by, Lord Montague, in high and confident spirits, became more and more a familiar inmate of the house. [4]
As the days went by there was a little improvement in his stocks, and his spirits rose. [4]
But a heavy weight has fallen on my spirits, my good friend, and the sadness that gathers over me, will yield to neither hope nor reason. [12]
A great weight was taken off, and the spirits of the whole household rose magically. [5]
But now she was strongly under the spell of the new ideas hovering like shining, gossamer spirits just beyond her reach, that she sought to grasp and correlate. [9]
And the sheriff was mettlesome, used to have high spirits, like as if he's lift himself over the fence with his bootstraps. [11]
Liverpool, where he was compelled to pass most of his time, had few attractions for him, and his low spirits did not permit him to avail himself of such social advantages as were offered. [4]
I thought some wandering soul was calling me that had not yet returned to the nether world, for it is not till the sun rises that spirits are scared away. [10]
We took a walk, but my spirits were very, very sadly dampened. [5]
Verily, since Sabina's visit to the palace all good spirits had deserted it. [10]
He was the very man to go and see her father and brothers; he would revive their spirits, and carry them her greeting. [10]
His spirits, as usual, were of the best, and from time to time Honora was aware of his glance. [9]
It is dependent upon the state of the spirits, and springs from bile----" "You learned that from Dr. Mathys," interrupted the royal lady, "and the quacks repeat it from their masters Hippocrates and Galen. [10]
As Philip went up the steps of the Mavick house at the appointed hour, he met coming out of the door--and it seemed a bad omen--Lord Montague, who seemed in high spirits, stared at Philip without recognition, whistled for his cab, and drove away. [4]
We seem lifted up into a purer atmosphere; we feel a serenity of soul, a buoyancy of spirits, an elasticity of frame, which render mere existence happiness. [4]
The Ferwer keeps up a war with the Diws or evil spirits, and is the element of man's preservation in life. [10]
She was in unusually good spirits, her heart beat higher than it had done for years; she felt uplifted by the sense of relief from a burthensome duty, and of freedom to act independently on the dictates of her own intelligence. [10]
The world seemed untroubled and serene; but in this hidden but two stormy spirits broke the peace to which the place and the time were all entitled. [11]
These bright and untarnished spirits were equal to the hardest task and capable of carrying it through with energy, acumen, and success. [10]
My spirits rose unaccountably, and I felt as though it were a fete night, and the day's duty over, the hour of play was come. [11]
Her spirits had unaccountably fallen, the sense of homelessness that had pursued her all these months overtaken her once more. [9]
Miss McDonald turned towards him with a look of perfect understanding, and then replied, "No, not eager; she hasn't been in her usual spirits lately--no, not ill--and probably the change will be good for her. [4]
It was evident, too, that he was in the best of spirits that day. [2]
Hailing these little tokens of the bachelor's disposition as so many assurances of his own welcome course from that time, the schoolmaster parted from him with a light heart and joyous spirits, and deemed himself one of the happiest men on earth. [12]
Trafford conceived that tobacco was the charm with which to exorcise the spirits of the past. [11]
The troop ceased to shiver, and their spirits began to improve. [5]
I am glad to see you in such high spirits about the land, and I hope you will remain so, if you never get richer. [5]
However, his wish to see more spirits had remained unsatisfied. [10]
Alixandre was suddenly to overpower the jailer, Mattingley was to make a rush for freedom, and a few bold spirits without would second his efforts and smuggle him to the sea. [11]
However, in order to keep up the spirits of the Fisher family, the Auditor concluded to go back and allow interest from the date of the first petition (1832) to the date when the bill of damages was awarded. [5]
Did you come to hear whether the spirits still intend to keep the promise they made then? [10]
Thee was seen to drink of spirits in a public-house at Heddington that day. [11]
Tell----I will try to cultivate good spirits, as assiduously as she cultivates her geraniums. [14]
Then Satan began to chat again, and soon he was sparkling along in such a cheerful and vivacious vein that my spirits rose once more. [5]
The eighteen miles to Burnsville had now to be added to the morning excursion, but the travelers were in high spirits, feeling the truth of the adage that it is better to have loved and lost, than never to have lost at all. [4]
At the same time, I've heard you're a friend of one or two dark spirits in the land. [11]
For a little time the room was packed, then some of the more restless spirits, their thirst assuaged, sallied forth to taste the lager and old rye elsewhere, and "raise Cain" in the streets. [11]
Was the groaning throng of restless spirits which his grandson had pointed out to him from the observatory, pouring into the sanctuary of the gods? [10]
Anxious spirits and throbbing hearts were those that now sought shelter in the Serapeum, fully prepared to perish with their god, and yet eager with enthusiasm to avert his fall if possible. [10]
It was as though two spirits were fighting in his face for mastery. [11]
Our spirits, like those in a thermometer, are never stationary: mine were continually being sent up or down. [9]
And what was this vast fluttering over his head, this million-voiced discord round him, like the buffetings and cries of spirits welcoming another to their torment? [11]
So strong was this thing that it overcame and drove off the evil spirits of that darkened house as she descended the stairs to join Mr. Tiernan, who opened the door for her to pass out. [9]
As soon as their stomachs had been properly reinforced with food, their spirits began to rise fast; when the mead began to go round they rose faster. [5]
The cheerfulness of the workmen, who sang gaily an old chanson of mill- life as they tugged at the timbers and stones, gave a fillip to the spirits of Jean Jacques, to whom had come a red-letter day. [11]
Fancy this party the victim of political exile, banished by the law, and a more sorrowful march could not be imagined; but the voluntary hardship becomes pleasure, and it is undeniable that the spirits of the party rise as the difficulties increase. [4]
The conductor beat the time by clapping his hands, and when the music had raised the spirits of the drinkers, they seconded his efforts by rhythmical clippings. [10]
Thank Heaven that the temples of such spirits are not made with hands, and that they may be even more worthily hung with poor patch-work than with purple and fine linen! [12]
At any cost the spirits of darkness must not be allowed to triumph over those of light. [10]
No, it was the prisoner and her escort; it was Joan of Arc, under guard, that was coming; my spirits sank as low as they had been before. [5]
Auramazda and Angramainjus, the principles of good and evil, were invisible existences filling all creation with their countless train of good and evil spirits. [10]
He believed in the powers exerted by that remarkable man over spirits, and his ability to work miracles, for he had proved in the most startling manner that he had perfect control even over such a determined mind as that of the prefect. [10]
So pleasantly did the place affect Dyck's spirits that, as he sat down in the room which had often housed worse men than himself, he gave a sigh of relief. [11]
A conversation with the physician might perhaps prove refreshing; after the various agitations of the last few hours she longed for something, be it what it might, that should revive her spirits and give a fresh turn to her thoughts. [10]
The next day the party which had been left behind at Alexandria Bay appeared, in high spirits, and ready for any adventure. [4]
The rest of the party were in good spirits. [4]
The air of the morning, the sport of using the elements for one's pleasure, had given Guida an elfish sprightliness of spirits. [11]
They were gone, the living spirits of his home. [11]
It told of the little good Folk of the Scarlet Hills, in vague allusive phrases: their noiseless wanderings; their sojourning with the eagle, the wolf, and the deer; their triumph over the winds, the whirlpools, and the spirits of evil fame. [11]
The Magians have the key which unlocks the door of the world of spirits to the human senses. [10]
The voice of the great Macedonian sounded hollow and unearthly, but what he said had interested the emperor deeply and raised his spirits. [10]
The light of the fire showed across the gorge, touching off the far wall of pines with burnished crimson, and huge flickering shadows looked like elusive spirits, attendant on the lonely obsequies. [11]
Finally, explanation to the effect that spirits often forget dates, such things being without importance to them. [5]
It was only the easy-going Miss Tavish and two or three others who carried along their own animal spirits and love of amusement who enjoyed the chance of a possible contretemps. [4]
In due time the doctor arrived, and while he prepared me for my departure, the little man sought, with misplaced kindness, to raise my spirits. [9]
The spirits of the dead hallow a house, for me. [5]
The blood of the contending spirits of light and darkness, which usually dyed the west of Egypt crimson at the departure of the great sun god, to-day vanished from sight. [10]
All on board the Bridgwater Merchant and the Swallow were in hearty spirits. [11]
The attitude of the body was not bad I should say--but the head, the face--Aye, the man who can mould such a likeness as that has his hand and eye guided by the holy spirits of art. [10]
He was in the best of spirits, and was good enough to concur with our plans. [9]
When Elfonzo read the above letter, he became so much depressed in spirits that many of his friends thought it advisable to use other means to bring about the happy union. [5]
They were told that, since they had all once died, and were restored to life, they were no longer mortal, but spirits, and they were assigned different stations in the invisible world. [5]
They noticed, however, that while she made them barley-water, and all kinds of soft drinks from citric acid, sarsaparilla and the like, and had one special drink of her own invention, which she called cream-nectar, no spirits were to be had. [11]
I have noticed that the lower the thermometer sinks the more fiercely the north wind rages, and the deeper the snow is, the higher rise the spirits of the community. [4]
New York, or that strip of it which is known to the more fortunate of human beings, is a place to raise one's spirits on a sparkling day in early winter. [9]
It is explained that spirits will not answer frivolous questions. [5]
How is it that spirits that are content to spend an eternity in frivolous employments, and accept it as happiness, are so fastidious about frivolous questions upon the subject? [5]
Its preparation and that of more minute plots of the new city consumed the valuable time of Sellers and Harry for many weeks, and served to keep them both in the highest spirits. [5]
One journal protested that it was not possible to believe in Dyck Calhoun's guilt; that his outward habits were known to all, and were above suspicion, although he had collogued--though never secretly, so far as the world knew--with some of the advanced revolutionary spirits. [11]

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