- a variation of vehemence.
vehemency
Example Sentences
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Throughout our talk he had sat in a low chair sometimes tilting it backward as he swayed with the vehemency of his words.
From The War After the War by Isaac Frederick Marcosson
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 yet these cries continue unpunished, both in London and Dublin, although I confess, not with equal vehemency or loudness, because the reason for contriving this desperate plot, is, to our great felicity, wholly ceased.
From The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Volume 07 Historical and Political Tracts-Irish by Temple Scott
Her Majesty "writes Letters" of the due vehemency, thinks Wilhelmina,—dare not write at all, says Dubourgay;—but loads Villa with presents, with advices; with her whole heart speeds him under way.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 06 by Thomas Carlyle
If they shall chance, In charging you with matters, to commit you, The best persuasions to the contrary Fail not to use, and with what vehemency The occasion shall instruct you.
From King Henry VIII by William Shakespeare
