intenseness

Example Sentences

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“Hopefully, the energy — or whatever people want to say, the intenseness that I have — may work here,” Collins said.

From New York Times • Mar. 19, 2011

Greediness; strong appetite; eagerness; intenseness of desire; as, to eat with avidity.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

The words were trite, but there was a note of intenseness in his tones that made her look sharply at him—then, away, as a trace of color came faintly to her cheek.

From In Her Own Right by Underwood, Clarence F.

Faith's eye was upon the sprig of sea-weed while these verses were repeating,—then she looked up at the speaker with an intenseness in which oddly mingled some strong feeling of sorrow or regret.

From Say and Seal, Volume I by Warner, Susan

A pure and disinterested love, and intenseness of mind for the advancement of thy interest alone.

From The Autobiography of Madame Guyon by Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte