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
They kiss each other warmly, the younger woman with tender empressement.
From Airy Fairy Lilian by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton (AKA Duchess)
I called on your mother a week or two ago; she always asks after you with empressement, and is very civil indeed to me.
From The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) by Florence A. Thomas Marshall
The chevalier paused with dramatic empressement to enjoy the effect of his announcement.
From Faithful Margaret A Novel by Annie Ashmore
There was an empressement in the servant’s manner, that told the visitor he would be made welcome.
From The Child Wife by Mayne Reid
