ADJ | impassioned | more impassioned | most impassioned | |
VERB | to impassion | impassioned | impassioned impassioning | impassions | |
SYNO | ardent | fervent | fervid | ... |
ADJ positive | comparative | superlative
VERB to infinitive | simple past | past participle
present participle | 3rd person
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Usage Examples English
- "Strong Motion" was noted by reviewers for its impassioned social criticism, the thoroughness of its research, and its treatment of controversial themes such as abortion, feminism, corporate malfeasance and exploitative capitalism.
- Telling the story of a woman's impassioned love for a gay man, "Ziggy" was performed originally by Fabienne Thibeault in the "Starmania" musical in 1978.
- In 1998 the Cuban President, Fidel Castro delivered an impassioned speech at the statue during his visit to Barbados.
- Captain Viscovich's impassioned speech is often cited as an expression of the loyalty which many Croatian, Serbian and Montenegrin subjects of the Venetian Republic felt.
- In a positive review for "AllMusic", Ned Raggett highlighted the song's "subtle orchestrations" and "David Gahan's subtly impassioned performance".
- Dennis Harvey of "Variety" stated that the "film has enough erotic and exotic content to win arthouse viewers" but it "lacks lush aesthetics and impassioned complexity, ending up a tad remote".
- He died of apoplexy, aged 67, in the academy of Caen during an impassioned debate with Huet on the translation of a passage of Origen related to transubstantiation.
- Quiet themes led in turn by cor anglais, flute, trumpet and viola give way to a grave, impassioned forte section, after which the movement gradually subsides to its original quiet dynamic.
- Maconchy once declared that: "for me, the best music is an impassioned argument".
- The vicissitudes of his life in the decade never rob his enthusiasm for search. He once completely absorbed in the formula during a struggle session, ignoring the impassioned speech.
- It made him more impassioned.
- There is a tremendous shift from Rice's 1893 work "The Public School System of the United States", an impassioned condemnation of the lifelessness of schooling and his 1912 "Scientific Management in Education" which focused on the impassioned need for standardization and efficiency in the curriculum.
- An exploration of morality, ambition, ethics, politics and race in today's justice system as viewed through the eyes of an impassioned case worker and an equally passionate district attorney whose views vary.
- Peter Travers of "Rolling Stone" rated the film three out of a possible four stars, calling it "forceful, funny and impassioned" and "an emotional wipeout".
- Vanessa Bayer plays impassioned child actress Laura Parsons, who may have more energy and volume than actual talent.
- Cronin's impassioned debate against the various pieces of legislation that Luna proposed was widely quoted throughout Idaho and around the country.
- An impassioned plea for a National Library of Lebanon was published in 1998 by the Lebanese Association of Antique Dealers, under the signature of Jean-Pierre Fattal.
- During an impassioned eulogy of Kossuth in New York, Alexander Kohut, a distinguished rabbinic scholar, took ill, and died several weeks later.
- Julie-Marie Parmentier has always been impassioned with English language. She learnt it to be able to read, speak and write in English.
- Guglielmi was impassioned with [...] techniques, opening a silver laboratory for all artists who desired to use it.
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