animating
Example Sentences
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The search for connection is an animating desire throughout “Kafkaesque.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
Other issues also are animating the race, including debate over the response to the Palisades fire and a controversial housing project in Venice.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
It is about much more profound questions of Britain's sovereignty, economy and place in the world which have been animating our politics for more than a decade now.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026
Democracy demands allegiance to ideals of human dignity and political equality, the protection of which is its animating purpose.
From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2026
The want of his animating influence appeared to be peculiarly felt one day that he had been summoned to Millcote on business, and was not likely to return till late.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
