vital force
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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This constituency is a vital force in the Democratic Party, but its inclusion at the table of power remains a frustrating work in progress.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 7, 2023
The Italian physicist Alessandro Volta rejected the idea of ‘animal electricity’, proposed by his rival Luigi Galvani as a vital force that animates organic matter.
From Nature ● Mar. 29, 2020
Even President Obama acknowledged the vital force of Korean pop culture during a 2012 speech in Seoul when he said, “People around the world have caught the Korean Wave, Hallyu.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2020
The widespread belief called vitalism held that organic compounds were formed by a vital force present only in living organisms.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
His knees buckled, his arms gave way beneath him, all vital force now conquered by the sea.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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