Vehemence

Word VEHEMENCE
Character 9
Hyphenation ve he mence
Pronunciations /ˈviːhəmən(t)s/

Definitions and meanings of "Vehemence"

What do we mean by vehemence?

An intense concentration, force or power.

A wild or turbulent ferocity or fury.

Eagerness, fervor, excessive strong feeling.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Vehemence

The word "vehemence" in example sentences

Seen in terms of fear of indictment, impeachment and prosecution, the vehemence is quite understandable. blah Says: ❋ Unknown (2007)

Moreover, a man who renders an answer in this style will in consequence find himself calling vehemence vehement and excess excessive: for there is such a thing as a vehement conviction: if then conviction be ‘vehemence’, there would be a ‘vehement vehemence’. ❋ Unknown (2002)

While Egypt has periodically sought the return of the bust, "this vehemence is a new stage," said Dietrich Schulenburg, a spokesperson for Bernd Neumann, Germany’s Minister of State for Culture. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Their vehemence was a little bewildering at first, given the benign -- and boring -- state-mandated content. ❋ Linda Flanagan (2011)

But his very force of delivery, and his vehemence were a part of the man, and he no more could have preached in another manner than have changed his stature. ❋ Warren Crocker Herrick (N/A)

And the anomaly he presented in what might be called the vehemence of his advocacy of an outworn orthodoxy, in his occupation of the pulpit of St. John's, had quickened at once her curiosity and antagonism. ❋ Winston Churchill (1909)

Her vehemence was a sort of self-defense; it was a subtle confession that she felt in this little repelling personality the challenge of an equal; but Blair only gaped at her in childish confusion; and instantly his mother was herself again. ❋ Margaret Wade Campbell Deland (1901)

There was not one hint about him of the beggar's emphasis, the outburst of revolting gratitude, the rant and cant, the "God bless you, Kind, Kind gentleman," which insults the smallness of your alms by disproportionate vehemence, which is so notably false, which would be so unbearable if it were true. ❋ Unknown (1892)

A fundamental mistake to call vehemence and rigidity strength! ❋ Thomas Carlyle (1838)

In fact, the vehemence is a lot more interesting than the vehicle itself. ❋ Toby Litt (2010)

Once barely sipping at wines, cocktails, brandy-and-soda, she now took to the latter, or, rather, to a new whisky-and-soda combination known as “highball” with a kind of vehemence which had little to do with a taste for the thing itself. ❋ Unknown (2004)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Just one follow-up question to Fallujah and the kind of vehemence of the reaction we've seen there lately. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Once barely sipping at wines, cocktails, brandy-and-soda, she now took to the latter, or, rather, to a new whisky-and-soda combination known as "highball" with a kind of vehemence which had little to do with a taste for the thing itself. ❋ Theodore Dreiser (1908)

They do not display any extraordinary ability, and they are marked by a bitterness and vehemence which is in strange contrast with the tone of his poems. ❋ Unknown (1869)

There is a school, also, of high standing and no small popularity, whose manner and style are calm and beautiful; but who, through deficiency of that vehemence which is at such a premium in Scotland at present, will never draw crowds such as hang upon the lips of more excited orators. ❋ Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd (1862)

She held a letter clasped to her breast, and said with restless delight and a kind of vehemence -- ❋ Fredrika Bremer (1833)

She drew Alette to her with a kind of vehemence, kissed her, and then wept silently, leaning on her shoulder. ❋ Fredrika Bremer (1833)

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