Elan in a sentence as a noun

That yearofelan thing was one of the lamest things I've seen.

As consciousness is tamed by scientific material reductionism, would you expect 'free will' to become as absurd a notion 100 years from now as 'elan vital' seems to us?

Recall for example that only 100 years ago many or most people adhered to "vitalism" ie the view that living things contained an "elan vital" which distinguished them from inorganic matter.

Why the **** does Linux mint come in so many flavors?Drivers remain a problem, I recently had to recompile modify the kernel because my elan mouse was being detected incorrectly.

Such opinions happened before, and I guess will keep happening again.> But the greater lesson lies in the vitalists' reverence for the elan vital, their eagerness to pronounce it a mystery beyond all science.

Elan definitions

noun

a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause); "they were imbued with a revolutionary ardor"; "he felt a kind of religious zeal"

See also: ardor ardour zeal

noun

distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer"

See also: dash flair panache style

noun

enthusiastic and assured vigor and liveliness; "a performance of great elan and sophistication"