ruling passion
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Nostalgia maintains its grip on the imagination and dominates as the ruling passion, he says, after greed, anger and resistance to authority.
From New York Times • Sep. 16, 2016
One article written after Heenan left America tut-tutted that his "ruling passion is the love of money" rather than love of country.
From Slate • May 5, 2010
By then a fascination with Trujillo's iron personality and Trujillo's absolute rule had become the ruling passion of Galindez' life.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Since the age of 15 poetry has been my ruling passion," he wrote in 1948, but he never expected this love to pay his bills.
From Time Magazine Archive
True to her ruling passion, even in death, she turned for a moment to gaze after her young one, reeled, and fell head foremost to the ground.
From Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. by Various
