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

The chevalier paused with dramatic empressement to enjoy the effect of his announcement.

From Faithful Margaret A Novel by Ashmore, Annie

She greeted me with an empressement totally at variance with the terms on which we had parted upon the previous evening.

From Piccadilly A Fragment of Contemporary Biography by Oliphant, Laurence

“But your poem,” said Klaus Heinrich, with some empressement.

From Royal Highness by Mann, Thomas

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 Reid, Mayne