fervid
Example Sentences
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Mr. Nézet-Séguin found the score’s oceanic qualities without wallowing in them, holding to its throughline even in the most fervid passages, and making the mood changes between the acts and within them clear.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
With its fervid, billowing patriotism and ruminative pastoral interludes, this music sometimes struggles to cross national boundaries.
From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2024
‘Oppenheimer’ VFX supervisor Andrew Jackson reveals how fervid experimentation led to the creation of the nuclear explosion scene.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2024
To that end, Jackson convened with special effects supervisor Scott R. Fisher in Los Angeles and embarked on weeks of fervid experimentation.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2023
He talked about Nigerian politics with the fervid enthusiasm of a person who followed it from afar, who read and reread articles on the Internet.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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