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

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

Belle met Geraldine with all that tender empressement which he knew well how to put into his slightest actions; but the young lady seemed already almost to have begun repenting her hasty step.

From Beatrice Boville and Other Stories by Ouida

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