amorousness

Example Sentences

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What the gods give they possibly conceal, for the average reader will not notice a superfluity of either amorousness or strength in Tony's character.

From Time Magazine Archive

He planned to have park-users sign a pledge, reading: "I will refrain from any action, posture or public display of amorousness that might be offensive to others or could set a bad example to children."

From Time Magazine Archive

But there were horrors, too; notably the senile amorousness of Zakkuri and the offensive little figure of It, his shadow—an interpolation in the bill of fare.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, January 28, 1914 by Seaman, Owen, Sir

His passion for fairy tales, his amorousness of the East, stirred his imagination from idleness among superficial fancies into a brilliant ardour.

From Old and New Masters by Lynd, Robert

Of all those who in Rome had ridiculed and mocked at old Pasquale Capuzzi, with his sordid avarice, his foolish amorousness, his insane jealousy, who did not wish poor tormented Marianna her liberty?

From Weird Tales. Vol. I by Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus)