intenseness

Example Sentences

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“Hopefully, the energy — or whatever people want to say, the intenseness that I have — may work here,” Collins said.

From New York Times • Mar. 19, 2011

An old angler, hampered for many a season, and finding freedom at last, consoles himself with the reflection that passion, too much intenseness about such a matter, will trouble his philosophy never more.

From Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler by Senior, William

The intenseness of that sudden pang of horror deprived her alike of speech and motion during the instant that it lasted.

From Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf by Reynolds, George W. M. (George William MacArthur)

When the sheet had fallen back on the bed, Michael was deathly pale, with a look of intenseness gleaming in his eyes.

From The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) by Blasco Ib??ez, Vicente

But as soon as he appeared on the stage, alone, and without any apparatus, any stage-assistants, the very intenseness of expectation produced silence.

From The Fables of Phædrus Literally translated into English prose with notes by Riley, Henry T. (Henry Thomas)