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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As always, I followed my heart and the mindless passion that lives there.
From Los Angeles Times ā Sep. 13, 2026
Masters, from Tove Valley Shire Horses, said the breed was his passion.
From BBC ā Sep. 10, 2026
"We are industrial people, it's our passion, so when you only hear 10 percent of the machines in operation, it hurts," he added.
From Barron's ā Sep. 10, 2026
Davis loved to read and collect books, devouring anything from John Updike and Margaret Atwood, among other authors, a passion that necessitated having bookshelves in every room of his home.
From Los Angeles Times ā Sep. 9, 2026
"The goddess of passion would be a more accurate term, and what generates more passion than love and war?"
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
The relationship didn’t last, but the move led her down an unexpected new path shaped by two of her passions: cats and vintage wares.
From Los Angeles Times ā Sep. 7, 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 ā Sep. 2, 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 ā Sep. 2, 2026
Two days after I had met the old musician on that damp muddy roadside, I found myself drawn into the passions of the war in a personal and – at the time – devastating way.
From BBC ā Aug. 27, 2026
You got these little quick passions, you blinked, and they were gone.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
Vocabulary lists containing passion
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 20ā25
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Michelle Obama's Speech at the 2016 DNC
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