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
In San Francisco, Ambassador Belt's impassionate appeal, and at Lake Success Professor Dihigo's logical arguments, were crushed under the steamroller tactics of the all-powerful U.S. delegation, with the result that you now regret.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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