ardent
adjective
having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent.
ardency
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a word derived from
ardent.
Example Sentences
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He danced with electric energy, sang with heartwarming ardency, and splashed perspiration around the Circle in the Square in “Just in Time,” portraying the 1960s chart-topper and sometime movie star Bobby Darin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 26, 2025
Teenagers can be cynical or anxious, they can be wry, but they also have natural belief in a better world, they are wired for ardency.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 13, 2020
Jackson’s most passionate defenders — a group known for its ardency — went to war, immediately demanding that Ms. Nottage, a two-time Pulitzer winner and one of America’s most respected dramatists, be fired.
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2019
One: He loved a woman, with a great, unslakable ardency, named Fanny Brawne.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 7, 2019
Before the light in his gaze, the fire, the ardency, her own slowly fell; she turned slightly as if to go.
From Half A Chance by Frederic Stewart Isham
