inspire
verb (used with object)
to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence.
had inspired
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past perfectof inspire.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Principal Catherine Dourish said Dáibhin's positivity had "inspired everyone"
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
The constitution of the company’s revenue provides insights into the very diversity of business units which had inspired the stock pick.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
His mother said he initially wondered whether to answer the question in the first person, given he had inspired the poem, but eventually decided the examiner might not believe him.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
And she said their support from afar in the war-torn country had inspired her.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
It was the mattress left behind by whomever had lived there earlier that had inspired him.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
