fervency

Example Sentences

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Audiences are constantly looking to see the wealthy get their butts handed to them, and the fervency of that desire has only grown as the disparity between economic classes has widened.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2025

Scores of university students on Wednesday marched to the parliamentary chambers in the capital, Kampala, to thank lawmakers for enacting the bill, underscoring the fervency of the bill’s supporters.

From Washington Times • Jun. 3, 2023

The ending of the Agnus Dei unfurls a chain of lush harmonic suspensions, underlining the fervency of the plea for peace by one who had seen his share of ecumenical conflict.

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2023

So she armed herself with facts, not fervency.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2020

In a more general sense the word implies a peculiar fervency and earnestness in insisting on such doctrines as regeneration and redemption.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various