- a variation of vehemence.
vehemency
Example Sentences
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Obstinacy and vehemency in opinion are the surest proofs of stupidity.—Barton.
From Many Thoughts of Many Minds A Treasury of Quotations from the Literature of Every Land and Every Age by Louis Klopsch
Jdt 4:9 Then every man of Israel cried to God with great fervency, and with great vehemency did they humble their souls:
From Deuterocanonical Books of the Bible Apocrypha by Anonymous
All that we can say is, that when we see the mind deeply agitated, and, as it were, carried away by a storm of passion, we also observe that it frequently acts with great vehemency.
From An Examination of President Edwards' Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will by Albert Taylor Bledsoe
And in his sermons how piteously he pleads with sinners for their own souls! and how impressive is the undisguised vehemency of his yearning affections!
From Life of Bunyan [Works of the English Puritan divines] by James Hamilton
I deprehend in my self more then an alacrity, a vehemency to do service to that company; and so, I may finde reason to make rime.
From Letters to Severall Persons of Honour by John Donne
