wellspring
Example Sentences
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The everyday tools of the kitchen can be connected to powerful memories and wellsprings of feeling.
The 18th-century cult of reason met its match in the 19th century’s devotion to feeling—including suffering—as the wellspring of life and truth.
The organization has served as the ideological wellspring of modern Sunni Islamism since its founding in Egypt in 1928, with stated goals of establishing a global caliphate governed by sharia law.
From Los Angeles Times
The wellspring of this geyser of asininity is the simple fact that Trump doesn’t understand how trade works.
From Los Angeles Times
Pioneers of the sport, firmly planted in the wellspring of 19th-century Scotland, are given their due.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
