empressement
Example Sentences
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At the station M. Bouc was greeted with respectful empressement by the brown-uniformed Wagon Lit conductor.
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
“So much beauty, madam,” he said with empressement, “has power to lessen the pain of the most wretched captivity.”
From The Fatal Cord And The Falcon Rover by Mayne Reid
“O, thank you—I am so grateful!” exclaimed Ella, hardly noticing the empressement with which he spoke.
From By Birth a Lady by George Manville Fenn
"How do you do, dear Mrs. Gower?" he said with empressement, his strikingly handsome face aglow with pleasure.
From A Romance of Toronto A Novel by Annie Gregg Savigny
The chevalier paused with empressement, and remained peering into his listener's face with a gay, encouraging smile for two or three minutes.
From Faithful Margaret A Novel by Annie Ashmore
