empressement
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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At the station M. Bouc was greeted with respectful empressement by the brown-uniformed Wagon Lit conductor.
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
"I hope we shall meet again," he said, with no small empressement.
From Helena's Path by Hope, Anthony
I called on your mother a week or two ago; she always asks after you with empressement, and is very civil indeed to me.
From The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) by Marshall, Florence A. Thomas
I asked with such eager empressement as to startle Don Eusebio, and call forth an interrogative exclamation.
From The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains by Reid, Mayne
He received my advances with very great empressement indeed, and we had a good deal of pleasant chat.’
From The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)
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