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

To the Lady I was conscious of stooping infinitely lower; and I even flattered myself that the empressement which I wished to put into my reverence was not unperceived by her.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 by Various

The chevalier paused with empressement, and remained peering into his listener's face with a gay, encouraging smile for two or three minutes.

From Faithful Margaret A Novel by Ashmore, Annie

All this courtly empressement became so repugnant to Loison, that he himself prevailed on Napoleon to recall him to the army.

From Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. II. by Freytag, Gustav

It might be thought that the Roman authorities would welcome with empressement an emissary who came under such distinguished patronage.

From Henrietta Maria by Haynes, Henrietta