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

Her dilated eyes shone with unusual brilliance; her speech was rapid; her manner urgent; and her emotions and expressions were characterized by a strange and unwonted intenseness.

From Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs by Withrow, William Henry

We shall see the calmness, the intenseness, the purity, of their worship.

From Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. VII (of 8) by Newman, John Henry

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

The intenseness of the cold, together with the want of proper conveniences, prevented them from cooking their victuals in a proper manner.

From The History of Sandford and Merton by Day, Thomas