empressement
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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
Richmond began talking rapidly, and with so much empressement, to his two companions that languid Miss Reid lifted her large sleepy-looking eyes in faint wonder, and a malicious smile curled the lips of Miss Harper.
From The Actress' Daughter A Novel by May Agnes Fleming
“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 Mayne Reid
He received my advances with very great empressement indeed, and we had a good deal of pleasant chat.’
From The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie
To the Lady I was conscious of stooping infinitely lower; and I even flattered myself that the empressement which I wished to put into my reverence was not unperceived by her.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 by Various
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