immoderate

Example Sentences

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In the immoderate “Poem of Ecstasy,” a solo violin sings of love.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2021

And, anyway, isn’t it a relief to talk about a 40-year-old composer with the immoderate enthusiasm we generally reserve for the pillars of the classical canon?

From New York Times • Jan. 1, 2021

Ehrenreich records the medieval Christian church’s long battle to eradicate unruly, ecstatic or immoderate dancing from the congregation.

From The Guardian • Jun. 2, 2020

When we are young, we make immoderate demands on those powers that steer existence.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 14, 2019

Chalchas, the soothsayer, outlived the time predicted for his death, which struck him as so comical that he burst into a fit of most immoderate laughter from which he died.

From The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women (Real and Traditional) by Marvin, Frederic Rowland