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
There was an empressement in the servant’s manner, that told the visitor he would be made welcome.
From The Child Wife by Mayne Reid
And Miss Jerusha shook his hand with an empressement quite unusual with her in her surprise.
From The Actress' Daughter A Novel by May Agnes Fleming
My dear Miss Georgia," he began, with the greatest empressement, the moment he saw her, "you make me proud by honoring so unworthy an individual as I am with your gracious presence.
From The Actress' Daughter A Novel by May Agnes Fleming
“So much beauty, madam,” he said with empressement, “has power to lessen the pain of the most wretched captivity.”
From The Fatal Cord And The Falcon Rover by Mayne Reid
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