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Origin of impetuosity
Example Sentences
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These people having no towns, all their wars are carried on with eagerness and impetuosity.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
With her Royal Ballet picks, Osipova seemed to be highlighting the passion and impetuosity of her stage persona.
From New York Times • Jan. 22, 2023
Put it down, perhaps, to the impetuosity of inexperience, and also to unawareness of a significant back problem, which Federer later detailed.
From BBC • Sep. 22, 2022
“Because Anderson has not proved that the 1994 murders reflected youthful immaturity, impetuosity, or failure to appreciate risks and consequences, Washington’s constitution does not forbid his standard-range 61-year sentence,” Stephens wrote in the majority opinion.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 9, 2022
She looked at him with a sudden impetuosity.
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
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