impassionate
Americanadjective
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The glorious 1,100-mile California coast has lost an impassionate defender and tireless champion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2022
Sputnik 1's impassionate beeps spread terror throughout the US.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2019
Lewis, who was known for his impassionate, emotional speeches to the team during his playing days, used that skill in addressing the students.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 30, 2015
It embodies the spirit of De Gaulle as a cold and impassionate leader of the French people.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The youngest and keenest schoolboy returning home for his holidays is a calm, collected, impassionate and even dismal man of the world compared to me.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, October 10, 1917 by Various
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