How to Use spirit in a Sentence

spirit

1 of 2 noun
  • Yoga is very healthy for both body and spirit.
  • My father was a proud spirit.
  • We will all miss her generous spirit.
  • Some religions believe that the same spirit is reincarnated many times in different bodies.
  • Art is what feeds my soul and my spirit.
    — Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
  • The spirits are all around here.
    — Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2026
  • The next round can be spirit-free.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Some small changes might lift your spirits.
    — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Not quite, but in spirit, close enough.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025
  • That was in his heart, his soul and his spirit.
    — Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The same spirit that so many of you showed all those years ago.
    — Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 18 June 2026
  • Mark is such a gentle spirit and a very kind man.
    — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
  • His spirit is deeply felt on the third season of the show.
    — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The spirit of that early cabaret lives on.
    — Carla Vecchiola, The Conversation, 26 June 2026
  • But at the event, our spirits were lifted.
    — Jessica Tzikas, Sun Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2026
  • The dragon is said to scare away bad spirits and bring good luck.
    — Staff Report, Daily News, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Because his spirit is all around me.
    — Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Our plans were foiled, but our spirits remained high.
    — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Still got that kind of youthful spirit.
    — Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
  • In response, the spirit slashed him and sent him to the floor in pain.
    — Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
  • My inner spirit jumped back out of me and stood next to the judge at the bench.
    — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The ghost was believed to be the spirit of Lt.
    — Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Even in a time that feels bleak, the spirit and beauty of the movies is alive and well.
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2026
  • What truly sets Sloane apart is her spirit.
    — Heide Janssen, Oc Register, 15 Mar. 2026
  • This is exactly the spirit in which this movie should be made.
    — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023
  • There were some other spirits sales of note in the auction as well.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 1 July 2026
  • And the cast is very much channeling that spirit on the road.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Oct. 2025
  • All four were reported to be in good health and good spirits.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 11 Apr. 2026
  • And those spirits are not happy about the new tenants.
    — Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Oct. 2025
  • But nothing evokes the spirit of game day quite like a tailgate spread.
    — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2025

spirit

2 of 2 verb
  • The singer was spirited away in a limousine after the show.
  • Some of the funds had been spirited away to other accounts.
  • Or, at least, his essence has been spirited into her body.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 18 May 2026
  • Seems like those ghosts don’t get much of a chance to spirit away an everyday car.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2021
  • But a network of friends spirited him onto a boat and raced him up the coast.
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The session dragged on for 10 hours and was, at times, spirited.
    — Mike Damiano, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The drunker and more spirited the fans the better as far as he is concerned.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2023
  • His voice spirits a lot of people away to happier, less haunted times.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The following day, a taxi arrives to spirit me away from Shiguchi.
    — Danielle Demetriou, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Nov. 2023
  • And no one embodied that spirit more than Joanie Schirm.
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 June 2026
  • Her work is spirited, even downright giddy.
    — Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026
  • By the end, David is begging for an HBO rep to spirit him away.
    — Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Garth Brooks will bring his country spirit back to the big city this October.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 5 Feb. 2020
  • Someone had already attacked the site and had spirited away a sizable amount.
    — Cyrus Farivar, Ars Technica, 12 Mar. 2018
  • Lyra, one hero, has just been born, and spirited away for her safety to a nunnery in Godstow.
    — The Economist, 19 Oct. 2017
  • The guard allegedly spirited her away and became her lover, only to die later in a street brawl.
    — Nancy Bilyeau, Town & Country, 25 Apr. 2017
  • Years later, the sound of a familiar voice can spirit us back to a tumultuous time of teen angst and heartbreaks.
    — Vulture, 3 Apr. 2023
  • When the door burst open and several people rush in, grab her, and forcefully spirit her into their van.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2022
  • In countywide races the competition for the top cop job looks to be spirited.
    — John Delapp, Houston Chronicle, 13 Dec. 2019
  • The evidence of having lived is spirited away.
    — James Marcus, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
  • But the forces of Heaven do the lifting, the heavy work, the spiriting away, the catching up of the body in the air.
    — New York Times, 11 Feb. 2020
  • Indeed it was limited but spirited Hungary who had the better chances for most of the game.
    — Afp, chicagotribune.com, 9 June 2018
  • This meant that to spirit them out of the country might technically be human trafficking.
    — Joshuah Bearman, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2021
  • When Ochoa was 9 months old, her mother paid a smuggler to spirit them from Mexico.
    — Adam Geller, The Seattle Times, 30 July 2018
  • Had one arrived, the first team, hiding in their dormitory, would have been spirited away by some other method.
    — Victor Mather, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2018
  • Zharkova engaged in a spirited back-and-forth with Rice that generated more heat than light.
    — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 6 Mar. 2020
  • Smith, the Patriots’ backbone at center back, made a spirited run forward with the ball that went for naught.
    — Glenn Graham, Baltimore Sun, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Leicester were spirited in defeat in a number of games against the top clubs but ultimately came away with nothing.
    — SI.com, 18 Oct. 2017
  • Eventually, he was spirited out of the prison in the dead of night and taken to hospital for treatment.
    — Nick Miller, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The next morning, Russia struck and Zelenskyy was spirited to his bunker.
    — Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 13 Sep. 2023

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