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How to use passion in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Passion means a true desire sustained or prolonged. Example: “We share a passion for books.”

Examples of passion by meaning

nounA true desire sustained or prolonged.

  • Her face, marked by low passions and dissipation, might once have been lovely.1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 27

nounAny great, strong, powerful emotion, especially romantic love or extreme hate.

  • We share a passion for books.
  • That was partly because of a swirling wind that made precision passing difficult and also a derby atmosphere where the emphasis seemed to be on passion rather than football.2011 January 16, Saj Chowdhury, “Sunderland 1 – 1 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2019

nounFervor, determination.

  • I spoke with a burning passion.

nounAn object of passionate or romantic love or strong romantic interest.

  • It started as a hobby, but now my motorbike collection has become my passion.

nounSexual intercourse, especially when very emotional.

  • We shared a night of passion.

nounSuffering or enduring of imposed or inflicted pain; any suffering or distress.

  • a cardiac passion

More sentences with passion

  • My passion for football has worn off –I'm into into women's volleyball now.From the entry wear off
  • A slice of passion fruit was added to the dessert for visual interest.From the entry passion fruit
  • He spoke levelly, with no vocal variety to show his passion.From the entry levelly
  • That ice cream tastes very orangish - are you sure it's just passion fruit?From the entry orangish
  • Jim showed the passion of a convert when he became a vegan.From the entry passion of a convert
  • Why, I was absolutely spellbound. She sings with such passion!From the entry such
  • Although she is technically gifted, her piano playing lacks passion.From the entry technically
  • He brought four passion fruits from the market.From the entry passion fruit
  • I hate it with a flaming passion!From the entry flaming
  • Her passion for dancing has infected me.From the entry infect
  • He worked up the public's passions to rage.From the entry work up
  • Though she makes lots of spelling and grammar mistakes in her article, her passion for the subject shines through.From the entry shine through
  • Sure, I do commercial and sponsored things, but those are just side gigs. Acting on the big screen will always be my passion.From the entry side gig
  • Her announcement was quite a surprise, coming a month after she published the words "I hate weddings with a passion and a fury I can only partially explain rationally."From the entry wedding
  • Even the snowboarding accident that he had last year that left him bedbound for 2 weeks did not seem to colden his passion for this sport.From the entry colden
  • Their passion for food saw them bringing bunny chow and frikkadels to the streets of San Francisco.2024 February 9, Maxine Peters, “Meat or plant-based? These SA twins joined a Netflix series to test which is better for the body”, in…. From the entry frikkadel
  • For him astronomy was so great a passion it bordered on obsession.2023, You Cannot Kill the Root, Nathan Kuzack. From the entry astronut
  • Mohamed's father said his son was a studious young man with a passion for soccer.2022 November 7, Sam Bradpiece, “At Guinea's only specialized snakebite clinic, doctors need luck and antivenom”, in NPR. From the entry snakebite
  • Performing live is my passion, so with no shows, I've been down bad.2021 February 26, Joshen Mantai, quoting Gupsy, “Flaunt Premiere | Guspy "STEEZ LUÍZ"”, in Flaunt, archived from the original on 31 Dec 2022. From the entry down horrendous
  • It was one of your great passions.” “Only after women and billiards.”2016 June 6, Teresa Hsiao, “Garfield and Friends” (9:15 from the start), in American Dad!, season 13, episode 19, spoken by Stan Smith…. From the entry bimetal
  • His passion for guns thus mortificated, he traded me it for the codpiece he coveted.2016 February 19, John O’Donnell, chapter XV, in Revenge at Elsinore, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, published 12 January 2017, →ISBN…. From the entry mortificate
  • And I'm not saying it's all hearts and flowers, but where's the passion?2015, K. M. Scott, Unforgettable: Heart of Stone Series #6. From the entry hearts and flowers
  • A Cambridgeshire man recently gave notice with a message piped on top of a passion cake.2013 April 16, Paula Cocozza, “Resignation by cake: the sweetest way to say goodbye”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London…. From the entry half-baked
  • Psychic time is pathic and ergonic time, it is the working through of passion and action.2013, Sara Brill, Plato on the Limits of Human Life, page 243. From the entry ergonic
  • Only science could yield positive knowledge—hence the passion for positivism, and the origin of the term.2012, Lydia Pyne, Stephen J. Pyne, The Last Lost World, Penguin, →ISBN. From the entry positivism
  • Since then, writing romantica has become a passion (no pun intended).2012, “About the Author”, in Madison Lake, A Cloud of Hawthorne: A Real Old Fashion Romance, with Titillating Tid-Bits, FriesenPress…. From the entry romantica
  • He wanted to outdo the UDA – he hated them with a passion.2011 October 14, Martin Dillon, The Trigger Men: Assassins and Terror Bosses in the Ireland Conflict, Random House, →ISBN. From the entry headbanger
  • Anyway, rumor had it that she'd already been to the passion pit.2010, Carroll Osburn, The Edge of the Wedge: Recollections of a Reluctant Prodigal, AuthorHouse, page 211. From the entry passion pit
  • I felt comatose, passing time instead of living as passions went unfulfilled.2009, Daylle Deanna Schwartz, Nice Girls Can Finish First, page xi. From the entry comatose
  • I’d toil away at my job, which I hated with a passion.2009, Romy Miller, “Everything You Know Might Quite Possibly Be Wrong”, in How to Be Wanted: Use the Law of Attraction to Date the Man You…. From the entry fantasy land
  • His real passion however, was the transmission and amplification of sound waves.c. 2009, B. J. Sears, “Reddington's Phonelescope”, in Professor Sears' Technological Rarities, retrieved 27 Jul 2014. From the entry Whispering Jack
  • Passion didn’t know what to do and so decided, at least for the night, to do nothing.2009 January, Lutishia Lovely, “I’m Right Here”, in A Preacher’s Passion, New York, N.Y.: Dafina Books, →ISBN, pages 201–202. From the entry 7 Up cake
  • For starters, often, theater professionals are big on passion, but not so big on funds.2008, Jonathan Margolis, Patrick Garrigan, Guerrilla Marketing For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 21. From the entry guerrilla marketing

Meaning of passion

  1. noun A true desire sustained or prolonged.
  2. noun Any great, strong, powerful emotion, especially romantic love or extreme hate.
  3. noun Fervor, determination.

Full definition of passion

Questions about passion in a sentence

How do you use passion in a sentence?
Passion is used as a noun and verb. For example: “We share a passion for books.”
What is a short sentence with passion?
“a cardiac passion”
What does passion mean?
Passion means a true desire sustained or prolonged.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: passion (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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