1.   Among the settlers, spirits seemed as gloomy as the damp mist that settled over Hebron before nightfall.

2.   As of Sunday, there had been no reports of serious injuries or deaths related to the flooding, and a neighborly, frontier spirit seemed to prevail.

3.   As the riders gathered in the town center of Fribourg, Switzerland, their spirits seemed as soggy as the weather.

4.   But, they added, his spirits recently had seemed to lift.

5.   Elsewhere, though, the Christmas spirit seems a bit more in keeping with the stereotypical images.

6.   Her spirit seems to be sagging under the weight of her wealth.

7.   His benign, inquisitive spirit seems to hover over them still.

8.   Indeed, an us-against-the-world spirit seems to be one of the glues binding Meadowcreek together.

9.   Indeed, a spirit of sacrifice seemed to be prevailing.

10.   It was an evening when the spirits seemed to be afoot, for icy gusts blew across the barren rice paddies as darkness settled on this remote village.