vehemence
noun
the quality of being vehement; ardor; fervor.
vehemency
-
a variation of
vehemence.
Example Sentences
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I first heard them recite the words of the Catechism, and then examined them about the sense, and lastly urged them, with all possible engaging reason and vehemency, to answerable affection and practice.
From Bunyan Characters (1st Series) by Alexander Whyte
After this, he inveighed for some time against bailiffs, and then crying with vehemency to God to receive his spirit, he gave up the ghost on the 4th of January, 1724-5.
From Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences by Arthur L. Hayward
If they shall chance, In charging you with matters, to commit you, The best persuasions to the contrary Fail not to use, and with what vehemency The occasion shall instruct you.
From King Henry VIII by William Shakespeare
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 Mary White Rowlandson
Peter had sought and found, and thought himself well, so that he answers Christ with great vehemency, when he said unto his disciples, “Will ye also leave me?”
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning
