impetuosity

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A version of this review appears in print on February 15, 2014, on page C5 of the with the headline: After a Snowy Overnight Trek, That Velvety Sound, Accented by Impetuosity.

From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2014

Impetuosity startled even his trainer when he won the Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland two weeks ago.

From Time Magazine Archive

Impetuosity, vividness, a certain absoluteness and urgency in her demands, marked her in the eyes of all who came in contact with her.

From Robert Browning by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

Impetuosity had to be chastened and disciplined into quiet self-control.

From Personal Friendships of Jesus by Miller, J. R. (James Russell)

The Mountain to the West of our Fort, rent in twain from Top to Bottom, and at the same time there gush'd out a Torrent of muddy Water with extraordinary Impetuosity.

From The Travels and Adventures of James Massey by Patot, Simon Tyssot de