the spirit of the times

The spirit of the times may also be at work here.

"They just got caught up in the spirit of the times."

In short, he had identified himself at last with the spirit of the times.

In the spirit of the times, he popped up to third base.

However, as time passed, their movement evolved with the spirit of the times.

Clearly, the dog must somehow fit the spirit of the times.

The spirit of the times has prevailed over individual belief.

He wanted to express the spirit of the times in steel and stone.

It was insane-and very much in the spirit of the times.

But in the spirit of the times, which were driven by an obsession with national security, the agency came into being.

As a result, even if the spirit of the times is turning the Democrats' way, there are few leaders to seize the day.

"One cannot go against the spirit of the times."

Does Labour really think it is in accord with the spirit of the times?

But in the spirit of the times, and the public situation, such vigour was necessary.

Also scattered throughout the book are and court decisions that reflect the spirit of the times.

"Don't you think it would be new, and in the spirit of the times, to play him for sympathy?"

He was said to have "captured the spirit of the times few contemporaries could match".

Add to that the spirit of the times, to which popular entertainment is always in thrall.

But he praised the speech as "a constructive statement in the spirit of the times."

This seems obvious, but increasingly such a position offends against the spirit of the times.

"The party isn't in keeping with the spirit of the times," one employee said.

In the spirit of the times, we are downsizing the staff that writes these columns.

The chancellor's vivid e-mail warning fit right into the spirit of the times.

The spirit of the times is also well reflected in another, earlier chapter (Ch.