inspired
adjective
in·spired
in-ˈspī(-ə)rd 
: outstanding or brilliant in a way or to a degree suggestive of divine inspiration
gave an inspired performance
Examples of inspired in a Sentence
She gave an inspired performance.
He was an inspired choice for the role.
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Judy Berman, Time, 4 Dec. 2025
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In an inspired piece of casting, the actors who play Hamlet and Hamnet are brothers who look remarkably alike (Noah and the much younger Jacobi Jupe, respectively).
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Judy Berman, Time, 4 Dec. 2025
The most notable is an interlude that begins in a New York dive hotel where Marty literally lands in the orbit of Ezra Mushkin, a crook played with gnarled seediness by Abel Ferrara in one of many inspired casting strokes.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 1 Dec. 2025
In an inspired piece of casting, the actors who play Hamlet and Hamnet are brothers who look remarkably alike (Noah and the much younger Jacobi Jupe, respectively).
—James Shapiro, The Atlantic, 1 Dec. 2025
My other grandmother took great pride in her Christmas tree, and these retro-inspired, mercury glass ornaments take me right back to holidays at her house.
—Melanie Fincher, Southern Living, 30 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for inspired
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“Inspired.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inspired. Accessed 8 Dec. 2025.
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