Distinctive and stylish elegance.
A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)
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Examples for "zeal "
Examples for "zeal "
1 However, in his zeal for reform one matter of detail was overlooked.
2 Opinion polls show reform zeal cooled somewhat once these arguments were heard.
3 Our zeal for visually representing nature has a long and complex history.
4 This zeal operated in the same manner in favour of their instructors.
5 Nobody can doubt my zeal for the general instruction of the people.
1 His was no sham ardor ; the man was hotly, horribly in earnest.
2 The dampness of his cell has chilled the ardor of the heart.
3 We must act from cold reason even in the ardor of self-sacrifice.
4 This in itself was enough to damp the ardor of my enthusiasm.
5 Greene had difficulty in restraining their ardor within the limits of prudence.
1 The ardour of pursuit augmented in proportion to the hope of success.
2 Humiliation at the 2002 World Cup has left France fans' ardour undimmed.
3 The ardour of rising absolutism is the true cause of the Revocation.
4 The ardour of the poet appeared to communicate itself to the audience.
5 My misfortunes have not abated my ardour in the service of science.
1 However, there are some acts who carry it off with great elan .
2 He attributes his elan to cricket, which he plays all summer long.
3 The elan of a person doesn't want to return naked, or empty-handed.
4 After we help him, I will try to find the elan of Thonolan.
5 Songs plus the chic elan to carry them off with scruffy, unfussy nonchalance.
6 Now there's a shy puss of a country that screws up with elan .
7 This managed the mix with impressive lucidity and lashings of elan .
8 The Ticket: music and movies covered with elan since 2000.
9 In a way, it's part of one's elan , one's life-force.
10 The president's policy of detente was sapping the cold-war elan of the clandestine service.
11 The performances had an elan , from soloists and orchestra alike, which was always engaging.
12 On the contrary, his broadcast and social media campaign has been fought with considerable elan .
13 That was achieved despite the fact that Alex Ferguson's team seldom showed the normal elan .
14 When the other contestants misgendered her, she corrected them with minimal fuss and maximum elan .
15 Three of these players sum up Germany's youthful elan .
16 Sorrow had not quenched the elan of Hermione's nature.
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