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 Trollope, Frances Eleanor
I called on your mother a week or two ago; she always asks after you with empressement, and is very civil indeed to me.
From The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) by Marshall, Florence A. Thomas
"Oh, here you are at last, you darling girl!" she exclaimed, clasping and kissing Elizabeth with empressement.
From And So They Were Married by Kingsley, Florence Morse
They received us with much courtesy, 436and escorted us round the various apartments with considerable empressement.
