Example Sentences

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Ms Lynch said the workshop had been inspiring for both pupils and staff.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2024

She also mentioned several filmmakers who had been inspiring to her: Michelangelo Antonioni, Wong Kar-wai, Bob Fosse and Jean-Luc Godard.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2024

She added that their phone conversations had been inspiring because he was thinking about his life more intensely and that she had never seen him so happy — except on their wedding day.

From New York Times • May 8, 2020

And Prince had been inspiring that sort of unease for decades.

From Washington Post • Apr. 21, 2016

The meeting with the family had been inspiring.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson