raise spirits
Example Sentences
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Between two air-raid alerts, the Kyiv Classic Orchestra on Friday gave travellers at the city's main railway station an hour-long concert, to raise spirits during the war with Russia.
From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026
"Humour and fun are a good way to raise spirits after what has been a difficult year in the world," Ms Shuttleworth said.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2024
This week it performs Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, ever the work to raise spirits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2022
“Their Finest” is a drama set in World War II Great Britain about the production of a patriotic movie meant to raise spirits on the home front.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2017
Shakespeare has several allusions to the notion which prevailed in days gone by, of certain persons being able to exorcise or raise spirits.
From Folk-lore of Shakespeare by Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer
