animating force

Example Sentences

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Carbon, he notes, is after all the building block of life, the animating force behind trees, rhinos, eyelashes, hormones, bamboo, and so much more.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2025

But the quest to recreate that one sound proved to be the animating force of his life.

From New York Times • May 29, 2023

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

Instead, I sank my energy into being the sole animating force in my little common-area universe.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama