break the spirit
Example Sentences
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“I just hope this doesn’t break the spirit of other young Black people who want to do positive things in their communities. Some of us have to stay here and fight.”
From Seattle Times • Dec. 21, 2022
There are strict international rules about what counts as aid and charities fear the Treasury is looking at options that would effectively break the spirit of these rules.
From BBC • Oct. 1, 2021
Dueker said that’s one more item to break the spirit of police officers who bring the cases to court.
From Fox News • Aug. 3, 2021
The odds against that in countries such as Romania, to say nothing of Syria or South Sudan, are steeper, creating equivocations that over time become so inured that they break the spirit.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2017
He united the Capitalists of Ireland against him in a powerful organisation, and though they broke his strike they did not break the spirit that was behind it.
From Ireland Since Parnell by Sheehan, D. D. (Daniel Desmond)
