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
I asked with such eager empressement as to startle Don Eusebio, and call forth an interrogative exclamation.
From The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains by Mayne Reid
In Society, too, he felt himself the object of a curious empressement; on all sides he was courted and flattered, and rival dealers were inquiring the price he set on his wares.
From An Engagement of Convenience A Novel by Louis Zangwill
"I hope we shall meet again," he said, with no small empressement.
From Helena's Path by Anthony Hope
And this empressement was not surprising, as he was decidedly the handsomest and most elegant man in the room.
From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Eliza Leslie
