break one's spirit in English

tame by force, oppress

Use "break ones spirit" in a sentence

1. See: (something) is the straw that Broke the camel's back all hell breaks loose all hell Broke loose be flat Broke bed and breakfast break (one's) ass break (one's) balls break (one's) duck break (one's) egg break (one's) fall break (one's) heart break (one's) stones break (one's) word break (someone's) serve break (something) on (something) break

2. Don't let him break your spirit.

3. Prayer to Break a Spirit of Barrenness

4. And as obvious becomes one's paucity of expression, one's weak-kneed imagination, one's imperfect assimilation of the spirit of the story.

5. He does not wish to break your spirit.

6. 25 The torture failed to break the prisoner's spirit.

7. To cross them was to break tradition, to sever one's links and become an outsider.

8. Hypernyms ("Cowardice" is a kind of): spirit (a fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character)

9. The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one's self of the claims that shackle the spirit.

10. Hypernyms ("Courageousness" is a kind of): spirit(a fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character)

11. ‘Watched The End of the Affair tonight and Boohooed.’ Synonyms weep , shed tears, sob, wail, be in tears, cry one's eyes out, cry one's heart out, cry as if one's heart would break, bawl, howl, snivel, whimper, whine, squall, mewl, bleat

12. Cowardice; Cowardliness Hypernyms ("Cowardliness" is a kind of): spirit (a fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character)

13. 23 The boy might break wind or say a naughty word and forfeit the protection of that great white spirit.

14. A Blot on (one's) escutcheon A stain or mark against one's reputation or that of one's family

15. At (one's) Command Among one's available resources or skills

16. Stale images cancel one's perception and deviate one's motivation.

17. It is difficult to reconcile one's statements with one's conduct.

18. Be prepared to put one's hand in one's pocket. 

19. One's conscious motives are often different from one's subconscious ones.

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21. The achievement of one's purpose depends largely on one's perseverance.

22. It is universally accepted that one's thinking directs one's actions.

23. One's opinion tends to differ in accordance with one's standpoint.

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25. So, one's a bell and the other one's a basketball, right?