Inspired

/ɪnˈspaɪɹd/ · adjective

Meaning

Having excellence through inspiration..

Definitions by Sense

1. Having excellence through inspiration.
2. Filled with inspiration or motivated.
3. (religion) Infused with power or knowledge granted from a supernatural entity; possessing inspiration from the divine.
4. (of air) Drawn into the lungs; inhaled.
5. (obsolete) Inflated.
6. simple past and past participle of inspire.

Example Sentences

The actor's inspired performance of Hamlet's soliloquy left the audience dumbfounded.

New Zealand were crowned world champions for the first time in 24 years after squeezing past an inspired France team by a single point.

The artist was inspired to paint a true masterpiece.

He was inspired to learn to fly.

Korean shamans are thought to be capable of inspired speech, in which they convey the words of the gods.

The point which I wish to establish is this, that the whole prediction of the future establishment of the religion of the Gospel was an inspired prediction, a prediction answerable to the highest test of a supernatural prescience.

Government-inspired rumors

But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts.

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• more inspired
• most inspired

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