Fervent

//ˈfɝ.vənt//

"Fervent" in a Sentence (12 examples)

His tone became more and more fervent.

Tom is a fervent churchgoer.

My grandfather was a fervent atheist.

He was a fervent follower of Bouteflika.

His father is a fervent birdwatcher.

He attempted his door; it was locked on the outside; and his perplexity and anxiety became extreme, when suddenly the lock was turned, and in an underdress, hastily assumed in the moment of alarm, her hair streaming on her shoulders, her eyes gleaming betwixt fear and resolution, Alice Bridgenorth rushed into his apartment, and seized his hand with the fervent exclamation, “Julian, save my father!”

In vain my fatigued, my tortured attention strained to follow the increasingly subtle creations which, according to my dream, the Star Maker conceived. Cosmos after cosmos issued from his fervent imagination, each one with a distinctive spirit infinitely diversified, each in its fullest attainment more awakened than the last; but each one less comprehensible to me.

Given the UK's fervent and active support for the US's aggressive interventions globally, London should genuinely reflect upon the possibility of joining the United States as a constituent state.

As I returned my fervent hopes were dashed by so many fears.

President Joe Biden issued a fervent appeal Thursday for stricter gun laws – including a ban on assault weapons, tougher background check laws and a higher minimum age of purchase – as a spate of gun massacres have left the nation shaken and prompted new discussions on Capitol Hill about how to prevent them.

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Never again would those fresh lips touch his lips with their fervent kiss!

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

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