impassionate
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- impassionately adverb
- unimpassionate adjective
- unimpassionately adverb
Etymology
Origin of impassionate
Example Sentences
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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
On his crutches he clumped up to the rostrum of the Democratic convention in Madison Square Garden, delivered an impassionate nominating speech that turned the rowdy galleries into pandemonium.
From Time Magazine Archive
So grey, so slow, so quiet, so impassionate, so very bumpy in the head, Patriarch was the word for him.
From Little Dorrit by Dickens, Charles
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