animating force
Example Sentences
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I’ve been trying to cut to, like, the animating force here, and I think that distrust is at the heart of it.
From Slate ● Mar. 16, 2023
For years, she has been the animating force pushing Twitter to champion free expression abroad.
From Washington Post ● May 9, 2022
The new sequel to that podcast, “Once Upon a Time...at Bennington College,” claims Sherman Oaks-bred “Less Than Zero” author Bret Easton Ellis as one of its central figures and its key animating force.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2021
The animating force of our current conflict is not our differing values, beliefs, moral codes, or practices.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2021
Instead, I sank my energy into being the sole animating force in my little common-area universe.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
