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
And this empressement was not surprising, as he was decidedly the handsomest and most elegant man in the room.
From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Eliza Leslie
“O, thank you—I am so grateful!” exclaimed Ella, hardly noticing the empressement with which he spoke.
From By Birth a Lady by George Manville Fenn
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
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 May Agnes Fleming
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