be passionate
Example Sentences
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My drama teacher, Anita Boyd, taught me to be passionate and present and to bring myself to my performances.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026
“You really have to be passionate about transportation to work somewhere like that,” Shilling said.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2025
People who are aspiring, I think that what they would take from the show is that you have to be passionate about what you do.
From Salon • Apr. 29, 2024
"I know that we may not be passionate enough to help other villages, but if more people can support their own people collectively, we'll definitely have a much better Nigeria," Mr Onyia said.
From BBC • Dec. 31, 2023
Emma might not be passionate like his old girlfriend, Fanny Owen, was; she might not be sophisticated the way the Horner girls were, but she was brilliant and she was open-minded and she was unflappable.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
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