passionate

Example Sentences

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“They care about baseball here. It’s a fun environment. If people weren’t a little upset and a little, I’d say, passionate about what happened last year in the World Series, maybe they’re not real fans.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

The Italians were disciplined, stylish, and unapologetically passionate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

She is a passionate supporter of the men's and women's games.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

“Jim was a leader of a small, passionate group who believed in the concept of bringing elite open-wheel competition to Long Beach in the 1970s,” said Roger Penske, Penske Corporation chairman, in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026

This caused him to mistrust all purely rational descriptions of human behavior as incompatible with the more passionate stirrings he felt within his own personality.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis