How to use "spirit" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "spirit" in popular movie and book plots

  • Along with Babe's betrayal, this finally breaks Deeds' spirit and he sinks into a deep depression.  - Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
  • Ashamed of his actions and with his spirit broken, Champ finally agrees to send an unwilling Dink to live with Tony and Linda.  - The Champ (1931 film)
  • As Jesus prepares to be crucified, he is mocked by the spirit of Judas.  - Jesus Christ Superstar
  • When Laszlo unexpectedly shows up, having narrowly escaped a police raid on a Resistance meeting, Rick has waiter Carl spirit Ilsa away.  - Casablanca (film)
  • Heathcliff, believing Lockwood to be right, examines the window and opens it, hoping to allow Catherine's spirit to enter.  - Wuthering Heights
  • The spirit of Obi-Wan Kenobi confirms that this other Skywalker is Luke's twin sister, Leia.  - Return of the Jedi
  • He claims to have Tim's reincarnated spirit within him, but is soon institutionalized.  - The Transmigration of Timothy Archer
  • Albert proposes that they marry "in the spirit as well as in the flesh," but Celie declines.  - The Color Purple
  • His fighting spirit reemerges, and Prewitt comes close to knocking Galovitch out before Holmes finally stops the fight.  - From Here to Eternity
  • And then came, as if to my final and irrevocable overthrow, the spirit of perverseness".  - The Black Cat (short story)
  • Ahab delivers a speech on the spirit of fire, seeing the lightning as a portent of Moby Dick.  - Moby-Dick
  • Higgins is struck by Eliza's spirit and independence and wants her to stay with him, but she tells him that he will not see her again.  - My Fair Lady
  • Cinderella visits her mother's grave and receives a beautiful gown and golden slippers from her mother's spirit ("Cinderella at the Grave").  - Into the Woods
  • Rhett applauds Scarlett for the "unladylike" spirit she displayed with Ashley.  - Gone with the Wind (novel)
  • The film then picks up where the first film left off, where a spirit is seen throwing Ash through the woods.  - Evil Dead II
  • Billy's defiant spirit ("The Highest Judge of All") is taken Up There to see the Starkeeper, a heavenly official.  - Carousel (musical)

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