elan

Dovlatov appreciated irony constantly, consistently, and with élan.

The world she evokes harkens back to a time of elegance and élan.

As a bonus touch of Eurotrash élan, one can only salute his past-caring insistence on wearing total douche-bag sunglasses.

No one controlled a movie camera and an editing room with more élan than Peckinpah.

I know she is the keeper of the Camelot flame, a position that entails some effort and élan.

With his usual daring, trusting to the unsurpassed élan of his troops, he fought battles at Onao and Busseerutgunge.

Bergson describes an élan vital—a living impetus—determining such phenomena.

The passionate élan of our soldiers, their death-despising bravery and one-minded strength, have gained victory after victory.

The attempt succeeded, and the nation, in the élan of its new unity and energy, set out to conquer its neighbors.

The French Second Division advanced with great gallantry and élan.