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

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 Fleming, May Agnes

Having bowed over Mrs. Brokenshire's hand with an empressement he made no attempt to conceal, he murmured the words, "I'm delighted to see you again."

From The High Heart by King, Basil

The chevalier paused with dramatic empressement to enjoy the effect of his announcement.

From Faithful Margaret A Novel by Ashmore, Annie

All this courtly empressement became so repugnant to Loison, that he himself prevailed on Napoleon to recall him to the army.

From Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. II. by Freytag, Gustav