passion
Usage
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Passion is strong or violent emotion, often so powerful that it takes over the mind or judgment: stirred to a passion of anger. Emotion is applied to an intensified feeling: agitated by emotion. Feeling is a general term for a subjective point of view as well as for specific sensations: to be guided by feeling rather than by facts; a feeling of sadness, of rejoicing. Sentiment is a mixture of thought and feeling, especially refined or tender feeling: Recollections are often colored by sentiment.
Example Sentences
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At this time, Davies was unsure whether her passion could become a career, and she paid her bills by working as a bouncer in Cardiff.
From BBC
As a lifelong Laker fan since the same age as Jackson it was so awesome to see such innocent and authentic passion for the Lakers.
From Los Angeles Times
“I think it’s because she has so many passions … and still approaches the world with the curiosity of a child,” Polk said.
From Los Angeles Times
George happily describes “Songs of Douglass & Littell” as a passion project.
From Los Angeles Times
O’Keeffe and Stieglitz both found a kindred spirit in Lawrence’s intense passion for nature and its spiritual dimensions, pantheistic in its fervor.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
