inspired English
Adjective
( en adjective)
Having excellence through inspiration.
- The actor's inspired performance of Hamlet's soliloquy left the audience dumbfounded.
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, date=October 23
, author=Tom Fordyce
, title=2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France
, work=BBC Sport
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, passage=New Zealand were crowned world champions for the first time in 24 years after squeezing past an inspired France team by a single point.}}
Filled with inspiration or motivated.
- The artist was inspired to paint a true masterpiece .
- He was inspired to learn to fly.
Verb
(head)
(inspire).
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, title=Internal Combustion
, chapter=1 citation
, passage=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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amazed English
Adjective
( en adjective)
Astonished; confounded with fear, surprise, or wonder; greatly surprised.
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*:And it was while all were passionately intent upon the pleasing and snake-like progress of their uncle that a young girl in furs, ascending the stairs two at a time, peeped perfunctorily into the nursery as she passed the hallway—and halted amazed .
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=8 citation
, passage=It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face.}}
Synonyms
* See also
Verb
(head)
(amaze)
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