How to Use morale in a Sentence

morale

noun
  • The team is playing well and their morale is high.
  • The President's speech boosted the morale of the troops.
  • But by this stage, morale in the camp was through the floor.
    — Nick Miller, New York Times, 17 June 2026
  • That would lift a lot of morale for the Browns.
    — Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Great for morale and even better for my play streak.
    — Sam Woodward, USA Today, 5 Dec. 2025
  • Refried sings, which helps with the team’s morale.
    — Abigail Wise, Outside, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Few things are worse for morale than too many bad meetings.
    — Joe Moglia, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Those kinds of people can bring down the morale of the whole team.
    — Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Alas, the sender was one of his friends, hoping to boost morale.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2025
  • The right moves done the wrong way is not going to be great for team morale.
    — Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Many were let go and told to reapply, and that's put a strain on morale.
    — Lacey Beasley, CBS News, 18 May 2026
  • But morale isn’t built in moments; it’s shaped in the day-to-day flow.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Meta has seen firsthand how morale can roil the workplace.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 23 June 2026
  • The stuff that picks up everyone’s morale at the end of the day.
    — Breanna Wilson, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2021
  • The streets were dirty and grimy, crime ran rampant and morale was at an all-time low.
    — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2022
  • But it's also been a morale boost to have a new project to focus on.
    — Kavita Kumar, Star Tribune, 12 Dec. 2020
  • Ariely’s lab has lost two of its biggest funders, and morale is low.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2023
  • None of this boosts employee morale, okay?
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
  • While results were strong, morale was fragile.
    — Bill Koch, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Nimmo said the club’s morale has stayed strong throughout this poor stretch.
    — Will Sammon, New York Times, 28 June 2025
  • And to contribute to our morale.
    — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Amid all of this, staff attempt to boost the morale of their young patients.
    — Time, 28 Feb. 2022
  • Keep messages kind to maintain morale.
    — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Have the aid cuts affected morale?
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Teamwork saves time and improves morale.
    — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2026
  • These factors don’t just affect morale.
    — Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Forcing them to fight on low morale can cause monsters to strike and walk off the job.
    — Jason Bennett, Arkansas Online, 24 May 2021
  • But some of them will, and their colleagues who stay will suffer an even greater blow to morale.
    — Stephen Noonoo, The New Republic, 2 May 2022
  • The morale in the agency has changed with all the losses, Loftis said.
    — oregonlive, 20 Oct. 2021
  • The staff morale is very subdued, and no one talks to anyone about anything.
    — Roxane Gay, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2021

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