empressement
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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
And Miss Jerusha shook his hand with an empressement quite unusual with her in her surprise.
From The Actress' Daughter A Novel by May Agnes Fleming
"I'll ask him the very moment I see him," says Geoffrey, with empressement.
From Mrs. Geoffrey by Duchess
He received my advances with very great empressement indeed, and we had a good deal of pleasant chat.’
From The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie
“But your poem,” said Klaus Heinrich, with some empressement.
From Royal Highness by Thomas Mann
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