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Meanings of impassioned in English

Characterized by intense emotion.

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      Usage of impassioned in English
      1
      Her new novel, Flight Behaviour, is an impassioned story about climate change.
      The Irish Times
      2
      She made an impassioned plea for New Zealand to accept more refugees.
      Radio NZ
      3
      Parties on both sides of the ballot have carried out impassioned campaigns.
      Wired
      4
      Such is the pedagogy of patriarchy-itsvictims become its most impassioned teachers.
      Ebony
      5
      There was not the slightest trace of feebleness in his impassioned tones.
      Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet / ...
      6
      How could I help answering, in the words of the impassioned Pauline,-
      Ernest Linwood; or, The Inner Life of the Author
      7
      It is little wonder this process should inspire an oddly impassioned response.
      The Guardian
      8
      There he had acquired the impassioned language and the genius of Italy.
      Raphael; Or, Pages of the Book of Life at Twenty
      9
      The argument was close and swift, the language impassioned, the style piquant.
      Queed: A Novel
      10
      A stunning opening, an extraordinary finale and an impassioned duel in-between times.
      The Irish Times
      11
      Some of them are truly Demosthenic in their impassioned and fiery logic.
      Germania and Agricola
      12
      The impassioned voice of Henry Clay rose from the Chamber of Representatives.
      Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams / Sixth President ...
      13
      She wrote in answer an impassioned and affectionate caution to her friend.
      Falkland, Book 2.
      14
      His wife, Rachel, looking frail and gaunt, issued a similar impassioned plea.
      Reuters
      15
      Three years after that impassioned address to the UN, Guevara was dead.
      The Guardian
      16
      To this energetic and impassioned epistle, the abbé made the following answer.
      The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917
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      Ireland
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      United States of America
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