fervency

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Scores of university students on Wednesday marched to the parliamentary chambers in the capital, Kampala, to thank lawmakers for enacting the bill, underscoring the fervency of the bill’s supporters.

From Washington Times • Jun. 3, 2023

“DragCon presents an outlet and an avenue to safely, fully, and authentically express oneself, I say that with such fervency, because I myself was that person who needed that space.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2023

The ending of the Agnus Dei unfurls a chain of lush harmonic suspensions, underlining the fervency of the plea for peace by one who had seen his share of ecumenical conflict.

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2023

"They may not have the numerical advantage that they had 10 or 20 or 30 years ago," he said, "but it appears that what they lack in numbers, they're making up in fervency."

From Salon • Sep. 9, 2021

His Chopin-playing always impressed me as dry, and his Beethoven interpretations lacked warmth and fervency.

From Memories of a Musical Life by Mason, William