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grand passion

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noun

  1. an intense or overwhelming attraction or love.

  2. the object of such feelings.

Etymology

Origin of grand passion

1925–30; translation of French grande passion

Example Sentences

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“I wonder if he realizes he’s been the one grand passion in both our lives,” Jane muses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

When he began his blog in 2011, Korotkov never dreamed it would grow into such a grand passion, or lead to trouble with the authorities.

From Washington Post • Mar. 15, 2023

But she was a romantic at heart and her life’s grand passion was literature — worth all the poverty, sacrifice and burned bridges.

From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2021

Ann, who’s starring in a new opera at Disney Hall, embraces her character’s nightly demise with a grand passion that her audiences find cathartic.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 6, 2021

Was Dalrymple the man to arouse a grand passion in her?

From The Guarded Heights by Camp, Wadsworth

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