Of course, Nienstedt is one of the most fervently anti-gay religious figures around.
Wilson fervently supported Prop 187, which was approved by voters the same day he was approved for another term as governor.
Leaning heavily against the door, he fervently sought her lips with his own.
The girl pressed up against my elbow is fervently reading Tehilim (Psalms) by the light of her phone.
The novel is an artifact, which is why antiquarians cling to it so fervently.
"You certainly do know your business, son," said Uncle Peter, fervently.
Then he burst into laughter and again shook John fervently by the hand.
"I'll do it, if he's to be found at all," said Dick fervently.
Yet I felt so certain that she would grant my prayer, I had prayed to her so fervently.
I prayed for it so fervently, and she granted my prayer, and saved you even in saving me.
mid-14c., from Old French fervent, from Latin ferventem (nominative fervens) "boiling, hot, glowing," figuratively "violent, impetuous, furious," present participle of fervere "to boil, glow," from PIE root *bhreue- (see brew). The figurative sense of "impassioned" is first attested c.1400. Related: Fervency; fervently.
