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Definition of the day : « mainspring »
- As in keynote/keystone : noun essence, theme
- As in motive : noun reason, purpose
- As in origin : noun cause, basis
- As in root : noun base, core
- As in keynote : noun theme
- As in bottom : noun base, core
- As in cause : noun agent, originator
- As in provenience : noun origin
- As in rootstock : noun origin
- As in cornerstone : noun vital element
- As in fountain : noun source, often of liquid
- Perhaps this had originally been the mainspring of the understanding between them.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- How's she goin' to cock that gun, an' the mainspring fifteen pounds resistance?'
- Extract from : « Faro Nell and Her Friends » by Alfred Henry Lewis
- That need is the mainspring of life, the key to heaven, and the root of all evil.
- Extract from : « Olive in Italy » by Moray Dalton
- The words were an echo of those which formed the mainspring of the Admiral's life.
- Extract from : « Saint Bartholomew's Eve » by G. A. Henty
- For that was really the mainspring of her fantastic actions.
- Extract from : « The Good Soldier » by Ford Madox Ford
- You see, the mainspring of her nature must have been vanity.
- Extract from : « The Good Soldier » by Ford Madox Ford
- Love must always be the mainspring of life and honour its loftiest ideal.
- Extract from : « The Orchard of Tears » by Sax Rohmer
- But, losing her brother, the mainspring of her life seemed broken.
- Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 » by Various
- The navy was the mainspring of Victoria in more ways than one.
- Extract from : « Some Reminiscences of old Victoria » by Edgar Fawcett
- Mentally he was wondering if this was the mainspring of conduct in all women.
- Extract from : « The Gentle Art of Cooking Wives » by Elizabeth Strong Worthington