Example Sentences

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“Dunbar” was more of a holiday — oh, someone else’s unhappy family, what a relief not to be so burningly personal.

From New York Times • Sep. 28, 2017

But settling into a permanent relationship, or becoming a father, alters the focus of the burningly ambitious tyro.

From The Guardian • Feb. 29, 2016

This one, posted on the website Parterre Box, captures Bernard Haitink’s burningly visceral account of Debussy’s operatic masterpiece “Pelléas et Mélisande” from Boston in October 2003.

From New York Times • Feb. 19, 2014

Like Milton’s Satan, Walt is an anti-hero, burningly intelligent and reeking of lust for power.

From Salon • Jul. 15, 2012

His senses were burningly alive, but his mind went back to the deep participation with all things, the gift he had from his people.

From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck