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.
Example Sentences
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Manyweather's passion for both American football and the offensive line position led to him setting up his business alongside Philadelphia Eagles tackle Lane Johnson.
From BBC
He’s an amazing actor, but his passion is documentary film and directing.
From Los Angeles Times
This is a country, after all, that has a well-known gastronomic passion for potatoes.
From BBC
But Pieterse's passion is water and he boasts a "library" of 40 brands drawn from Armenian volcanic springs to ancient Czech glaciers.
From Barron's
It comes soon after an exhibition about another his personal passions, with his King's Foundation displaying examples of icons that are an important part of the Orthodox faith.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
