Vocabulary Word
Word: impassioned
Definition: (of speech) filled with passion; fervent
Definition: (of speech) filled with passion; fervent
Sentences Containing 'impassioned'
Maximilian uttered a cry of delight, and, springing forwards, seized the hand extended towards him, and imprinted on it a fervent and impassioned kiss.
I conjured him, incoherently, but in the most impassioned manner, not to abandon himself to this wildness, but to hear me.
I bound myself by the required promise, in a most impassioned manner; called upon Traddles to witness it; and denounced myself as the most atrocious of characters if I ever swerved from it in the least degree.
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::: judicious - sound on judgment; wise
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