empressement
Example Sentences
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At the station M. Bouc was greeted with respectful empressement by the brown-uniformed Wagon Lit conductor.
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
Young Stephenson saw this reception, and saw also the empressement with which the pretty, elegant Mary Peters seemed to cling to her.
From The Widow Barnaby Vol. II (of 3) by Frances Eleanor Trollope
She greeted me with an empressement totally at variance with the terms on which we had parted upon the previous evening.
From Piccadilly A Fragment of Contemporary Biography by Laurence Oliphant
He shook hands with the doctor with less empressement, but most respectfully, and sank upon a divan near the hostess.
From Jessamine A Novel by Marion Harland
We were received with much empressement by the Director.
From Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 by Mary King Waddington
