(a.) Capable or susceptible of passion, or of different passions; easily moved, excited or agitated; specifically, easily moved to anger; irascible; quick-tempered; as, a passionate nature.
(a.) Characterized by passion; expressing passion; ardent in feeling or desire; vehement; warm; as, a passionate friendship.
(a.) Suffering; sorrowful.
(v. i.) To affect with passion; to impassion.
(v. i.) To express feelingly or sorrowfully.
Example Sentences:
(1) He spoke words of power and depth and passion – and he spoke with a gesture, too.
(2) Amid the passionate discussion at the NDA meeting, the two women began to develop a plan.
(3) • Harriet Harman gives a frank interview about the olden days, in which she reveals a passionate affair with Arthur Scargill.
(4) Many leave banking after three to five years, not because they are 'worn out', but because now they have financial security to start their own business or go on to advocate for a cause they are passionate about or buy a small cottage in the West Country for the rest of their lives."
(5) After the event, McCray praised the duchess on Twitter for her passion on issues of mental health and early childhood development, saying “her warmth and passion for the cause was infectious”.
(6) Audiences were disappointed that the love scenes between Taylor and Burton that had been the talk of modern Rome were not repeated with so much passion in those of ancient Rome.
(7) It is worth it, however, because I passionately believe in what social workers do, and I want to share that passion as widely as I can.
(8) But somewhere along the way, his passion for good, fresh food – admirable and infectious in every respect – appears to have transformed into evangelical life-coaching.
(9) What we do know is that we cannot and will not see this decision as a vote of no confidence, and that we will find a way to continue through our own passion and dedication to making theatre that represents the dispossessed, tells stories of the injustices of our world and changes lives.
(10) We have never inspired passion, just a little bit of fear and respect.
(11) Trying to discourage me from my passion is inhuman – it’s not possible!” The crowd cheered and applauded.
(12) Despite his ill health, Abbado's musical passion was in evidence until the very end, friends said.
(13) What he didn’t foresee was that getting to know people more intimately would result in his using portraits – more than 130 so far – to raise awareness of the plight of chronic homelessness generally or that he would become passionately vocal about what has been an entrenched issue for a number of US cities for decades.
(14) His greatest passion on the trek up, apart from finding a 3G signal and playing rap music from a speaker on the back of his pack, was playing Tigers and Goats, a local version of chess, taking on all-comers – climbers, Sherpas, trekkers, random elderly porters passing through the lodges.
(15) "I have such passion for what I do that I can't see it as bleak.
(16) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Photograph: Barclays This season LifeSkills created with Barclays have teamed up with Tinie Tempah and the Premier League to give young people the chance to fulfil their passions and work at a range of famous football clubs and music venues.
(17) That in turn led to Pratchett’s own passionate involvement with the Orangutan Foundation.
(18) Her maiden speech in parliament celebrated the diversity of her beloved Yorkshire constituency, and passionately made the case that there is more that unites us than divides us.
(19) Twombly's work sold for millions and ignited the passions of followers.
(20) There is no better political passion killer than Labour's Zero-Based Review .
Torrid
Definition:
(a.) Parched; dried with heat; as, a torrid plain or desert.
(a.) Violenty hot; drying or scorching with heat; burning; parching.
Example Sentences:
(1) David Moyes' first season in charge of United has been conspicuously torrid one, but a win here tonight would earn him no shortage of goodwill from supporters anxious for portents of better things to come next season.
(2) "I would like to thank our employees for their magnificent response to the torrid market conditions," Rothermere said in the DGMT annual report .
(3) BP has had endured a torrid time since the Deepwater Horizon accident, which killed 11 oil rig workers and caused the biggest oil spill in US history.
(4) Given that BG Group is one of the world leaders in LNG and recently completed a $20bn facility in Australia, the acquisition here could well draw a line under a turbulent time for BG Group, which has struggled with management uncertainty over the last 18 months, and in the process given shareholders a rather torrid time.
(5) The investment banking division, which causes much of the controversy over bonuses at the end of the year, has had a torrid time but remained profitable and Hester said it had been operating in an "incredibly treacherous environment".
(6) Stephen Hester, chief executive of RBS, is expected to insist that the bank is on track to resume dividends in 2014 – for the first time since the banking crisis – despite the torrid performance last year.
(7) Morgan, who endured a torrid evening, was also involved in Liverpool’s second goal, when he succeeded only in deflecting Sterling’s cross into the path of Gerrard, who was perfectly placed to stroke a first-time shot from 12 yards into the corner.
(8) Since then, our man in Berlin has had to endure a torrid time with the World's Greatest Orchestra™.
(9) Now, you never apologise for wins in MLB or in any league, but during that torrid stretch of 50 games, just 16 were against winning teams.
(10) The National Farmers Union is taking legal advice to try to get compensation for the region's farmers but regional director Melanie Squires said they were having a "torrid time" making any headway with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
(11) The difference between the torrid tropics and the icy Arctic governs weather patterns in the northern hemisphere.
(12) They'd had a torrid opening half as the Eagles harried them from the opening whistle, with the visitors even coming close to opening the scoring - but as the half, then the game, wore on, the Goat's neat possession game began to wear down the Eagles.
(13) The noticeable increase in the party’s overall share of the vote and the failure of Ukip to break through in a part of the north-west seen by Nigel Farage as fertile territory gives Corbyn a chance to regroup after a torrid two weeks.
(14) Tesco needs to change its culture and reinvent its brand, the company’s new chief executive, Dave Lewis, has told employees after a torrid week for the supermarket chain.
(15) And this time there is a list of failed promises – on Guantánamo, universal healthcare – to add to the attack, while the personal claims seem to be yet more torrid (this week's most bizarre is that "Obama's mother was a porn star").
(16) Martin Slaney, GFT "Official confirmation of our somewhat inevitable recessionary status caps off a torrid week for UK plc.
(17) The ASX200 share index experienced a torrid day on Tuesday, falling 2.12% to close at 5096, after two surveys showed China’s huge manufacturing sector was contracting.
(18) Especially the fans and atmosphere at GP.” Dijkhuizen had endured a torrid start to the season, which involved a 4-0 home defeat by Oxford in the Capital One Cup, the record-signing Andreas Bjelland being ruled out for the whole campaign and a poor run of results in the league.
(19) Yet despite many objective observers believing Pardew did an excellent job in often difficult circumstances on Tyneside before leaving for Palace after Christmas, he became a hate figure for many Newcastle fans and withstood months of abuse during a torrid 2014.
(20) His positioning was terrible, his reaction too slow Kyle Walker 8 Very impressive when bombarding forward, teaming up well with Lallana and giving Georgi Schennikov a torrid time.