animating

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That animating spirit courses through “Celtic Art Across the Ages,” a nearly 300-object survey of jewelry, armor, chariot fittings, manuscripts, vessels, coins, carvings and textiles at the Harvard Art Museums, its sole venue.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 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

Popular rule became the animating spirit of 1776, and it remains the reason why “Common Sense” still matters.

From Salon • Jan. 10, 2026

He turned his face to me, flames animating the shadows that fell there under his eyes, along his cheekbones.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline