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Yet Chavez, the militant labor leader, is a devout Roman Catholic who believes perfervidly in pacific means to his ends.

From Time Magazine Archive

My suspicions as to his "science" were perfervidly justified.

From The Guest of Quesnay by Tarkington, Booth

"She is conscience incarnate," his mother uttered, perfervidly.

From Fennel and Rue by Howells, William Dean

"Who pays for the cargo Captain Kuttle threw overboard?" one paper headed an article; whilst another wrote perfervidly about "Cattle ruined for his bravery."

From A Master of Fortune Being Further Adventures of Captain Kettle by Wood, Stanley L.