ardor
Example Sentences
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Happily, Mr. Hamilton, who retains his boyish handsomeness, infuses this recollected ardor with convincing feeling.
He policed brushback pitches with ardor and once called a night game for darkness when lighting malfunctions compromised visibility near home plate.
A fetching lass in Regency garb and her paramour, confessing his ardor.
From Los Angeles Times
Ron Chernow, in his authoritative biography of Hamilton, writes, “theirs was a friendship of unusual ardor,” but regards the lifelong bond between the sisters as evidence against an affair.
Only the ardor of the Wall Street firms, desperate to buy fire insurance on their burning home, remained undimmed.
From Literature
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