ardor

Teenagers everywhere fell under the spell of Rice’s vampires in the mid-‘80s with an ardor that AMC’s “The Vampire Lestat” radiates through the devotion of his superfans.

From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026

War in the Middle East, the largest energy shock in history and worries about artificial intelligence have done little to cool their ardor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026

Mr. Bennett’s ardor for soccer is infectious, as he takes us on a romp through the 12 World Cups he’s lived through.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

That hasn’t dimmed the ardor of rich Indian families for pre-IPO investment yet, Pasupuleti says.

From Barron's ● Nov. 20, 2025

In person, though, he was just so much ardor next door, a boy whispering his heart through a solid garden wall.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

Neither he nor manager Dave Roberts care to attribute the dip in production to the ardors of catching nearly every game.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2023

Damien Chazelle’s follow-up to “La La Land,” his swooning valentine to the movie musical, more closely resembles the film that preceded it, “Whiplash,” in its visceral attention to the rigors and ardors of achieving greatness.

From New York Times ● Feb. 25, 2019

The boundless aspirations and ardors of young people are themselves the core of his romanticism.

From The New Yorker ● Mar. 16, 2017

I also insist that to a billion contemporary Chinese, Mao Tse-tung has a lot more to answer for than the merry chaos and inscrutable epigrams this opera uses to recall his reckless ardors.

From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2011

Eternal passions, ardors fine, And monstrous fears, Rule and rebel, serene, malign, Or loosed in tears; Until at last they shall evolve From griefs and joys Some steady light, some firm resolve, Some Godlike poise.

From Later Poems by Bliss Carman