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

Only two of the Misses Darcy were there to meet her, in Effie May's limousine, their manner nicely adjusted between melancholy, importance, and the empressement due a distinguished relative returning from foreign parts.

From Why Joan? by Kelly, Eleanor Mercein

My dear Miss Georgia," he began, with the greatest empressement, the moment he saw her, "you make me proud by honoring so unworthy an individual as I am with your gracious presence.

From The Actress' Daughter A Novel by Fleming, May Agnes

We were received with much empressement by the Director.

From Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 by Waddington, Mary King

There was an empressement in the servant’s manner, that told the visitor he would be made welcome.

From The Child Wife by Reid, Mayne