Etymology
Origin of impetuosity
Example Sentences
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A version of this review appears in print on February 15, 2014, on page C5 of the with the headline: After a Snowy Overnight Trek, That Velvety Sound, Accented by Impetuosity.
From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2014
Impetuosity startled even his trainer when he won the Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland two weeks ago.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Try me," said she: and looked him earnestly in the face; but lowered her long lashes slowly and shyly, as she realised to what her Impetuosity was pledging itself.
From Hard Cash by Reade, Charles
The Mountain to the West of our Fort, rent in twain from Top to Bottom, and at the same time there gush'd out a Torrent of muddy Water with extraordinary Impetuosity.
From The Travels and Adventures of James Massey by Patot, Simon Tyssot de
Impetuosity sometimes gets the better of me, and out begins to rush a question; but up to now I have succeeded in catching it and strangling it before it is complete.
From In the Mountains by Arnim, Elizabeth von
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