vehement

Example Sentences

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Some of their children, including a nephew who is now in France, have become vehement critics.

From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026

The times, then and now, the book implies, call for vehement exhortation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025

He doubled down in the face of the South African government's vehement rebuttal and signed an executive order last Friday freezing aid.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2025

A vehement nonsmoker, he kept in his office a cigarette box adorned with a skull and crossbones, to demonstrate their danger.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2025

He had sympathized with Tom and Eb, and he had been angered at his father’s command for silence when they grew loud and vehement in their demands for war.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt