vehemency
- a variation of vehemence.
Example Sentences
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Hating oppression and wrong with a vehemency suited to his intense nature, he nevertheless deplores war and bloodshed.
From The Colored Regulars in the United States Army by Steward, T. G. (Theophilus Gould)
We should have a certain persuasion of the unquestionable goodness of that which we are ardent and vehement to obtain, else the more ardour and vehemency, the more wickedness is in it.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh
Throughout our talk he had sat in a low chair sometimes tilting it backward as he swayed with the vehemency of his words.
From The War After the War by Marcosson, Isaac Frederick
Then they called him with exceeding great vehemency, all of them, one and another.
From Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson by Rowlandson, Mary White
Hereupon the dumb fellow sneezeth with an impetuous vehemency and huge concussion of the spirits of the whole body, withdrawing himself in so doing with a jerking turn towards the left hand.
From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 by Motteux, Peter Anthony
