intenseness

Example Sentences

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“Hopefully, the energy — or whatever people want to say, the intenseness that I have — may work here,” Collins said.

From New York Times • Mar. 19, 2011

Faith's eye was upon the sprig of sea-weed while these verses were repeating,—then she looked up at the speaker with an intenseness in which oddly mingled some strong feeling of sorrow or regret.

From Say and Seal, Volume I by Warner, Susan

His zeal now burned even with an increase of brightness; and no intenseness, no continuance of suffering could allay its ardor, or damp the fervors of his triumphant exultations.

From A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Middle and Higher Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity. by Wilberforce, William

Greediness; strong appetite; eagerness; intenseness of desire; as, to eat with avidity.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

A pure and disinterested love, and intenseness of mind for the advancement of thy interest alone.

From The Autobiography of Madame Guyon by Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte