empressement
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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
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
The chevalier paused with dramatic empressement to enjoy the effect of his announcement.
From Faithful Margaret A Novel by Annie Ashmore
In Society, too, he felt himself the object of a curious empressement; on all sides he was courted and flattered, and rival dealers were inquiring the price he set on his wares.
From An Engagement of Convenience A Novel by Louis Zangwill
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 Florence A. Thomas Marshall
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