soul-like
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a word derived from
soul.
soulnounthe principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part.
Example Sentences
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In the end, Waldron concludes that there is no “small polished unitary soul-like substance” that makes us equal; there’s only a patchwork of arguments for our deep equality, collectively compelling but individually limited.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 6, 2020
He finds comfort, finally, not in the belief that there is a soul-like self trapped in his father’s addled brain but in the memory of the person Ed was before.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 20, 2014
None of the toys looked particularly soul-like, she thought.
From "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman
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The act of inventing print, or of applying steam, is quite as soul-like as the inventing of a picture, poem, or statue.
From The Germ Thoughts towards Nature in Poetry, Literature and Art by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
"God!" sing, ye meadow streams, with gladsome voice Ye pine groves, with your soft and soul-like sounds!
From The Optimist's Good Morning by Florence Hobart Perin