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

“So much beauty, madam,” he said with empressement, “has power to lessen the pain of the most wretched captivity.”

From The Fatal Cord And The Falcon Rover by Reid, Mayne

Richmond began talking rapidly, and with so much empressement, to his two companions that languid Miss Reid lifted her large sleepy-looking eyes in faint wonder, and a malicious smile curled the lips of Miss Harper.

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

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