adjective

• Providing or showing creative or spiritual inspiration.

  ‘the team's inspirational captain’

  More example sentences

  • ‘She says Mullan's attitude towards the realities of the creative process were inspirational.’
  • ‘I want our captain to be inspirational, to say the right things off the pitch.’
  • ‘He has mental toughness and is a strong character and an inspirational captain.’
  • ‘His moving delivery and inspirational monologues give heart to the whole spectacle.’
  • ‘Last night's ceremony was a moving and uplifting occasion as their inspirational stories were told.’
  • ‘It is a wracking emotional journey which never strays from its inspirational purpose.’
  • ‘One does not have to look far for the inspirational source for this sentence.’
  • ‘There have been some inspirational women who have shaped my life, but admittedly not many.’
  • ‘Skilful, robust and inspirational players are plentiful in this part of the land.’
  • ‘He passed the ball accurately and made some tremendous inspirational runs down the left.’
  • ‘Lill's brilliance at the keyboard is an inspirational example of how talent can overcome adversity.’
  • ‘In any enterprise of this sort, it goes without saying there's going to be an inspirational man or woman behind it.’
  • ‘The inspirational blueprint for the city centre has been published to a generally positive reception.’
  • ‘Vic never wrote anything before his inspirational moment in the bath back in 1996.’
  • ‘As headteacher at Ifield Special School he has been dynamic, inspirational and innovative.’
  • ‘Its current education programme is extensive, innovative and inspirational.’
  • ‘How far she was inspirational in the actual composition of the work remains essentially problematic.’
  • ‘It was an inspirational score and the students began to enjoy their best spell.’
  • ‘This inspirational player broke round the blind side and was stopped just short of the try line.’
  • ‘This was played with delicacy, freshness, and youthful energy, and was inspirational.’

  Synonyms

  exciting, stirring, action-packed, rip-roaring, gripping, riveting, fascinating, dramatic, hair-raising, rousing, lively, animated, spirited, stimulating, moving, inspiring, inspirational, electrifying, passionate, impassioned, emotive, emotional, emotion-charged, heady, soul-stirring