passion
Usage
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Passion is strong or violent emotion, often so powerful that it takes over the mind or judgment: stirred to a passion of anger. Emotion is applied to an intensified feeling: agitated by emotion. Feeling is a general term for a subjective point of view as well as for specific sensations: to be guided by feeling rather than by facts; a feeling of sadness, of rejoicing. Sentiment is a mixture of thought and feeling, especially refined or tender feeling: Recollections are often colored by sentiment.
Example Sentences
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If I wanted to do serious work on behalf of gay people, I needed more than slogans and passion.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
Trump, a billionaire real estate developer, has made no secret of his passion for the ballroom project.
From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026
Back home on Anglesey, what Hughes first witnessed in Washington state has now become a passion.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
At the same time they groped for a way to put their passion for ballet to temporary use.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
In the little dish I keep on my desk that holds stuff I like to keep handy like paper clips, bobby pins, and my favorite passion fruit–watermelon lip moisturizer.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
