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
We were received with much empressement by the Director.
From Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 by Waddington, Mary King
Richmond began talking rapidly, and with so much empressement, to his two companions that languid Miss Reid lifted her large sleepy-looking eyes in faint wonder, and a malicious smile curled the lips of Miss Harper.
From The Actress' Daughter A Novel by Fleming, May Agnes
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
"How do you do, dear Mrs. Gower?" he said with empressement, his strikingly handsome face aglow with pleasure.
From A Romance of Toronto A Novel by Savigny, Annie Gregg
