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

The Bible everywhere abounds with an intenseness of zeal for the Divine glory, and with a depth of self-renunciation on the part of the writers.

From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)

The intenseness of that sudden pang of horror deprived her alike of speech and motion during the instant that it lasted.

From Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf by Reynolds, George W. M. (George William MacArthur)

But as soon as he appeared on the stage, alone, and without any apparatus, any stage-assistants, the very intenseness of expectation produced silence.

From The Fables of Phædrus Literally translated into English prose with notes by Riley, Henry T. (Henry Thomas)

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