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How to use impassioned in a sentence

14 example sentences · adjective

Impassioned means filled with intense emotion or passion; fervent. Example: “A sidewalk preacher gave an impassioned sermon while an assistant leafleted those who stayed to listen.”

More sentences with impassioned

  • A sidewalk preacher gave an impassioned sermon while an assistant leafleted those who stayed to listen.From the entry leaflet
  • Which country are we to toast in an impassioned and half-informed way?2023 February 11, Janan Ganesh, “After Germany’s fall, which is the paragon nation?”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd.…. From the entry invidiously
  • Cook was making an impassioned plea to end the technology industry’s collection and sale of user data.2019 January 31, Ian Bogost, quoting Tim Cook, “Apple’s Empty Grandstanding About Privacy”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on…. From the entry surveillance
  • We find, a generation later, the well-informed, impassioned, thought-compelling rhapsodies of the anthroposociologist Vacher de Lapouge.1917, “France and "The Great Race"”, in The Unpopular Review, volume 8, number 16, page 252. From the entry anthroposociologist
  • In an impassioned rant in the New York Post last week, writer Elisabeth Vincentelli berated the ‘slobification’ of modern society.2015, King and Allen. From the entry slobification
  • The reactions were swift, impassioned and all over the map.2008 August 9, “A Financial Earthquake”, in Newsweek. From the entry all over the map
  • The robot let out a long heartfelt sigh of impassioned tristesse and sank reluctantly away from the ceiling.1992, Douglas Adams, Mostly Harmless (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), page 52. From the entry tristesse
  • Impressive processions and sacred hymns, banners, crucifices, and assaults upon the Jews heightened the effect of his impassioned appeals.1907, George Frederick Abbott, Israel in Europe, page 152. From the entry crucifices
  • Local groups such as Refugees on Naoero, churchgoers, government workers, and impassioned individuals would visit the facilities and resettlement housing compounds on a constant basis.2022 January 25, Julia C. Morris, “Strange bedfellows? NGOs and the politics of value(s) in offshore asylum”, in Gül İnanç, Themba Lewis…. From the entry Naoero
  • "Got to go, boys," he said, interrupting an impassioned sermon by the scoop driver about the lineage of the University of Louisville's quarterback.2014, Ninie Hammon, Black Sunshine. From the entry scoop driver
  • However, after reading some of the posts here, I felt impassioned to resurrect Nat just long enough to get her opinion of things.1999 January 24, DYNOJET, “Last Knight and Infatuation 6”, in alt.tv.forever-knight (Usenet), archived from the original on 27 Jan 2026. From the entry NatPacker
  • Tirelessly swimming through de Quincy’s ‘department of impassioned prose,’ either in splendiloquent support of some new work or in dismissal of its shortcomings, is vouchsafed to few reviewers.2006, Nigel J. Jamieson, “The Ubiquitous Book Review”, in Law & Critique, volume 17, number 2, page 218. From the entry splendiloquent
  • Impassioned pleas for pleasurable instruction appeared from the pens of such thinkers as Plato, Sidney, and Dryden, this ideal ultimately becoming one of the acknowledged cornerstones of neoclassical criticism.1978, Charles Batten, Pleasurable Instruction, →ISBN. From the entry pleasurable
  • Even as her Republican peers sought to isolate her in the wake of her impassioned comments against a proposed ban on what doctors call gender-affirming medical care for children, Ms.2023 April 27, Jim Robbins, Mike Baker, Jacey Fortin, “A Transgender Lawmaker Is Exiled as Montana G.O.P. Flexes New Power”, in The New…. From the entry zephyr

Meaning of impassioned

  1. adjective Filled with intense emotion or passion; fervent.

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Questions about impassioned in a sentence

How do you use impassioned in a sentence?
Impassioned is used as an adjective. For example: “A sidewalk preacher gave an impassioned sermon while an assistant leafleted those who stayed to listen.”
What is a short sentence with impassioned?
“The reactions were swift, impassioned and all over the map.”
What does impassioned mean?
Impassioned means filled with intense emotion or passion; fervent.

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