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
This week it performs Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, ever the work to raise spirits.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 31, 2022
United should organise a victory parade when they return to Manchester to help raise spirits in the city following the bombing, says former Red Devils defender Phil Neville.
From BBC • May 24, 2017
“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
They professed to raise spirits by incantation; and Kelly dictated the utterances to Dee, who wrote them down and interpreted them.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various
