Sentence example with the word 'mainspring'

mainspring

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Definition n. the most important spring in a mechanical device

Last update: October 28, 2015


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The love of literature was the mainspring of her life.   [Please select]

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The mainspring of the clock has broken.   [Please select]

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A recent critic has sought in religion the clue to her character and the mainspring of her genius.   [Please select]

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"Pride is the mainspring that moves Louis' self-absorbed soul."   [Please select]

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Find the mainspring of achievement, and you hold in your hand the secret of the world's mechanism.   [Please select]

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The mainspring of Spanish policy was the desire to make the Gulf of Mexico a closed sea, under exclusive Spanish control.   [Please select]

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He has gone, and taken the mainspring of her life with him.   [Please select]

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The fusee is still used for marine chronometers, for some clocks that have a mainspring and pendulum, and occasionally for watches.   [Please select]

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The hour-hand shaft A (solid black) can be moved round inside the cog B, driven by the mainspring drum.   [Please select]

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