inspirator
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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She has spoken of her aversion to stages and of her impatience with what Henry James, her lifelong inspirator, called “the twaddle of mere graciousness.”
From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2016
Was it the work of Vassili Verestchagin and had her wish to see him been granted, or failing to be granted had she taken him for her spiritual teacher and inspirator and painted it herself?
From The Independence Day Horror at Killsbury by Coolidge, Asenath Carver
Being a man of great will power and indomitable perseverance, he resolved to try the open-air cure, together with the use of an inspirator.
From Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say by Allen, Martha Meir
Others have an injector, or inspirator, and some have both cross head pump and injector.
From Rough and Tumble Engineering by Maggard, James H.
In the camp of the lumber-jacks and of the Indian rangers he was regarded as the pride of the mess and the inspirator of the tent.
From The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form by Williams, Henry Llewellyn
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