grand passion

American  

noun

1. an intense or overwhelming attraction or love.

2. the object of such feelings.

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Etymology

Origin of grand passion

1925–30; translation of French grande passion

Example Sentences

When he began his blog in 2011, Korotkov never dreamed it would grow into such a grand passion, or lead to trouble with the authorities.

From Washington Post • Mar. 15, 2023

But she was a romantic at heart and her life’s grand passion was literature — worth all the poverty, sacrifice and burned bridges.

From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2021

Ann, who’s starring in a new opera at Disney Hall, embraces her character’s nightly demise with a grand passion that her audiences find cathartic.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 6, 2021

But to the very end, this grand passion may not entirely explain his behaviour.

From The Guardian • Mar. 18, 2010

Slowly she became infatuated with the personality of Custance, while he, having begun to play the game of love simply for the excitement it afforded him, finally found himself involved in a grand passion.

From Grey Town An Australian Story by Baldwin, Gerald