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

I asked with such eager empressement as to startle Don Eusebio, and call forth an interrogative exclamation.

From The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains by Reid, Mayne

“So much beauty, madam,” he said with empressement, “has power to lessen the pain of the most wretched captivity.”

From The Fatal Cord And The Falcon Rover by Reid, Mayne

And Miss Jerusha shook his hand with an empressement quite unusual with her in her surprise.

From The Actress' Daughter A Novel by Fleming, May Agnes