Definition: 1. Heighten or intensify. 2. Supply the inspiration for. 3. Serve as the inciting cause of. 4. Urge on or encourage especially by shouts. 5. Fill with revolutionary ideas.
Use 'inspire' in a sentence:
1. These herbs will inspire you to try out all sorts of exotic-flavoured dishes!
2. You will inspire others to follow their own dreams, even if they know nothing about you.
3. Despite immense differences in cultures, heroes around the world generally share a number of characteristics that instruct and inspire people.
4. The programme was worth watching for an inspired takeoff of the Collins sisters.
5. And different colors appeal to or inspire different emotions in different people.
6. At the same time, teachers are being encouraged to inspire their students to come to school regularly.
7. Every single one of those inspired guesses had been shots in the dark.
8. Our philosophy is to inspire kids at a young age to understand that engineering is a great career.
9. Having the dream on paper can inspire you and your team to think of new solutions.
10. With the cancellation of Nasa's Constellation programme to return Americans to the moon by 2020, who is to inspire the next generation to finish it?
11. Official retrospections continue as to why London 2012 failed to "inspire a generation".
12. That has the potential to inspire furious debate beyond mining.
13. The actors inspired the kids with their enthusiasm.
14. He inspires fierce loyalty in his friends.
15. If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
16. She hopes to inspire the Jamaicans to lay down their weapons.
17. His superb play inspired the team to a thrilling 5 – 0 win.
18. By visiting schools, the actors hope to inspire children to put on their own productions.
19. We did all we could to inspire his creative thinking, expecting that he could think up some new ideas for the project.
20. His ideas about what colors symbolize, about the emotions that different colors inspire were based on the colors red, yellow and blue.
21. Teachers should inspire all students to think creatively.
22. The car's performance quickly inspires confidence.
23. And what inspired you to change your name?
24. He called Mr Mandela a hero who had inspired millions.
25. Negative envy might drive you to destroy his success, but positive envy would inspire you to work harder and get promoted, too.
26. It was not exactly our most inspiring performance of the season.
27. His record on ceasefires inspires no confidence.
28. Taken Li He and Li Po as examples, Part four attempts to inspire students and fire their imagination through thinking in images.
29. He has neither the policies nor the personal charisma to inspire people.
30. One day I came across a newspaper article about the motto of the London Olympics — Inspire a generation.
31. Downloading and testing some of them might inspire you to become more of an expert at something that enriches your life more than any computer game ever could.
32. She was one of the most inspiring people I've ever met.
33. The book was inspired by a real person, namely Tamara de Treaux.
34. He could inspire all feelings expressed in hymns. With his gold lyre and his sweet voice, he led the choir of the Muses.
35. It inspired me to be more inventive with my own cooking.
36. The choice of decor was inspired by a trip to India.
37. In the case of great philosophers, however, better yet to preserve one's physical presence to inspire future generations of thinkers.
38. The television repairman who wears uniform tends to inspire more trust than one who appears in civilian clothes.
39. This success will inspire me to greater efforts.
40. She hopes to inspire the Jamaicans to lay down their weapons ．
41. Share your observations about the world around you—interesting stories you heard or things you noticed—and you may be surprised by the universal connection they inspire.
42. The victory inspired him to dispatch a gleeful telegram to Roosevelt.
43. He would be inspiring young people to get into the political fray.
44. His courage in defending religious and civil rights inspired many outside the church.
45. Modern dance seeks to show how deep emotions and the music itself, how these intangible attributes can affect and inspire physical movement, and how movement can convey emotions to the audience.
46. Tyndall's inspired work spawned a whole new branch of science.
47. Chef Idris Caldora offers an inspired menu that captures the spirit of the Mediterranean.
48. Our challenge is to motivate those voters and inspire them to join our cause.
49. The book is less than inspiring.
50. The band's success has inspired hundreds of would-be imitators.
51. Her work didn't exactly inspire me with confidence.
52. She has inspired a whole generation of fashion school graduates.
53. Subjects were picked to inspire or entertain.
54. We must promote originality, inspire creativity and encourage innovation.
55. Despite her sharp tongue, she inspires loyalty from her friends.
56. As a general, he inspired great loyalty in his troops.
