passion
Usage
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Passion is strong or violent emotion, often so powerful that it takes over the mind or judgment: stirred to a passion of anger. Emotion is applied to an intensified feeling: agitated by emotion. Feeling is a general term for a subjective point of view as well as for specific sensations: to be guided by feeling rather than by facts; a feeling of sadness, of rejoicing. Sentiment is a mixture of thought and feeling, especially refined or tender feeling: Recollections are often colored by sentiment.
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Or is theirs simply a shared passion for what cannot be?
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 9, 2026
They were filled with intense passion and rivalry and faction and conflict.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 8, 2026
Later in the interview, she revealed that she had her dad’s passion for political activism.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 8, 2026
Born into a family of modest means in Punjab's Moga city, Harmanpreet developed a passion for cricket at an early age.
From BBC β Oct. 7, 2026
Sense would resist delirium: judgment would warn passion.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte BrontΓ«
Above them hang paintings, art being another of Perea’s passions, most of them made by his friends.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 21, 2026
In its IPO prospectus about a decade later, the company pitched itself as a way for sports enthusiasts to share their adventures and passions.
From MarketWatch β Sep. 2, 2026
They knew that Roman strongmen like Marius and Caesar had been products of democracy—demagogues lifted up by the passions of the crowd.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 2, 2026
Through this medley of forms, Mr. Gasda explores the transient nature of art and love and the question of how those passions will survive us.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 1, 2026
Roman's observation underscores how difficult it is for those of us preoccupied with the humdrum concerns of adulthood to recall how forcefully we were once buffeted by the passions and longings of youth.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
Vocabulary lists containing passion
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 20β25
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Michelle Obama's Speech at the 2016 DNC
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