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The term "inspiriting" in literature is often employed to depict something that energizes, uplifts, or encourages the spirit. Authors use it to describe views that evoke a sense of hope and renewal, such as an inspiring landscape or the rousing effect of music and battle cries ([1], [2], [3]), while it can also qualify social environments or personal interactions that imbue one with courage and vitality ([4], [5], [6]). At times, the word carries a nuanced tone, highlighting that something is less than heartening or even failing to stimulate the desired fervor ([7], [8], [9]). Its application extends across various contexts—ranging from the dramatic flourish of military calls to the gentle encouragement found in letters and sermons ([10], [11], [12])—underscoring its role as a descriptor for any influence that elevates spirits and inspires action.
  1. From the window there is an inspiriting view.
    — from Old Continental Towns by Walter M. (Walter Matthew) Gallichan
  2. At ten o’clock the fine peal of bells filled the air with an inspiriting music.
    — from The Young Physician by Francis Brett Young
  3. Toward noon we heard the inspiriting cry,— "Sail ho!" "Where away?" shouted the captain.
    — from A Tramp Abroad — Volume 03 by Mark Twain
  4. The present genial environment and convivial atmosphere were producing a most inspiriting effect on the lawyer.
    — from Jane Cable by George Barr McCutcheon
  5. She was engaged to be married to a dashing red-coated soldier, and many of the ends of her evenings were spent in his inspiriting society.
    — from Sekhet by Irene Miller
  6. Mr. Robinson recognized his son’s voice, cheerful, hopeful, inspiriting.
    — from The Arrival of Jimpson, and Other Stories for Boys about Boys by Ralph Henry Barbour
  7. The sad indulgence of her smile was not inspiriting, but he continued,— “Now, then, say you are my wife; that means I am your husband, and I love you.
    — from Other Things Being Equal by Emma Wolf
  8. I have to admit that it was not at all a glorious or inspiriting home-coming.
    — from The Record of Nicholas FreydonAn Autobiography by A. J. (Alec John) Dawson
  9. It was a forbidding alley, and the scream was not inspiriting.
    — from Our Square and the People in It by Samuel Hopkins Adams
  10. encouraging , a. reassuring, inspiriting, cheering , assuring.
    — from Putnam's Word Book A Practical Aid in Expressing Ideas Through the Use of an Exact and Varied Vocabulary by Louis A. (Louis Andrew) Flemming
  11. Before starting, the 7th brigade was addressed in inspiriting terms by its commander, Colonel Ian Hamilton.
    — from History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4)Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government by Great Britain. War Office
  12. shall I thank you for your inspiriting letter, which was as the sound of the trumpet to the aged war-horse!
    — from Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II. by Henry Reeve

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