How To Use Effusive In A Sentence
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These white effusive igneous formations, found there and in the Thomas Mountains of Utah, and also in the tin districts of Catron and Sierra Counties within New Mexico, are still the only known source of bixbite.
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Even so, Keegan has been effusive and fulsome in his praise of Pearce's contribution both on and off the field.
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First comes the long, learned or at least verisimilar discourse on the virtue of one item versus another, followed by effusive congratulations on the discernment and taste evident in the customer's choice.
The Charms and Trials of Italian Shopping
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Every visitor noticed that her effusive welcome was not sincere.
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There were some nervy moments and the Spanish press were hardly effusive in their praise.
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His effusive praise has left me blushing.
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Rarely has such a quiet, unassuming display prompted such effusive praise and raucous celebration.
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They receive you with effusive warmth, offer you mint tea poured from a silver teapot from high into little glasses, and serve you the local dishes cooked in the traditional way.
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In the other loungey-area (you are too tired to bother much with effusive description of the decor, but there is a great buffet area), there is a news broadcast about an earthquake in Indonesia, which leads to worries about a tsunami in the Asian region.
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Both were seen effusively greeting each other.
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Head into the wooded foothills to Badenweiler, a spa town with that mix of classical gentility, raffishness and effusive horticulture that marks the better thermal spots.
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Despite the grumblings of everyone's stomachs, several minutes were then spent in effusive praise for the number of dishes.
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The larger masses of molten glass remained near the effusive center; these were slower to solidify and commonly became strange agglomerations where bombarded by the rain of smaller ejecta.
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The best part of the ribbing -- true to its roots in divaliciousness -- was the curtain call, wherein the knobby-kneed bull-erina, Ida Nevasayneva (Paul Ghiselin), blew effusive kisses, toppled over in his curtsies and fumbled his way back through the curtain, all with unshakable aplomb.
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo: Divas infuse humor, character in dances
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Seb was somewhat less effusive in his acclaim, yet he was far more relieved than anyone else at Nahum's success.
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The florid old actor-manager at the heart of Forkbeard Fantasy's Shooting Shakespeare is effusive in his bardolatry.
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The hand of history that occasionally grips the Prime Minister's shoulder disturbs a countenance effusive with passion, belief and vision, and knocks askance a golden gloriole of goodness.
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The nature of the degassing process within a volcanic edifice is critically important to the nature of eruptions, whether explosive or effusive, from the volcano.
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It is rare that I babble this effusively and uncritically about a movie.
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At 6pm they were informed that he had resigned, at which point they became effusive in their praise.
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By now we're also well versed in the sociability of the canal, greeting fellow boaters effusively and chatting with passers-by at locks, where we are often the main attraction.
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There were some nervy moments and the Spanish press were hardly effusive in their praise.
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Brian Williams seemed to be hinting as much when, in effusively editorializing about "United 93" on NBC (a sister company of Universal), he suggested that "it just may be a badly needed reminder for some that we are a nation at war because of what happened in New York and Washington and in this case in a field in Pennsylvania.
May 2006
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Rarely has such a quiet, unassuming display prompted such effusive praise and raucous celebration.
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Her effusive thanks embarrassed everybody.
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The cooling of the effusive rocks takes place in two stages
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Take the colorful effusiveness of Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen and the ferocity of the late Yankee skipper Billy Martin, and you begin to get a picture.
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At 6pm they were informed that he had resigned, at which point they became effusive in their praise.
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Every visitor noticed that her effusive welcome was not sincere.
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John, it strikes me that there should be, if you will, more effusiveness, more ebullience on the part of the White House, on the part frankly of the whole government because the fact is, this election occurred today.
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Her voice was always very effusive and she wrote very effusive letters.
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‘Every day I talk to people who love the company as much as I do,’ the effusive 34-year-old says.
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He finds the English more mannerly, less effusive than the Italians.
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Darling could be forgiven for looking less than effusive.
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Roman historians were much more effusive about victories than defeats.
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They receive you with effusive warmth, offer you mint tea poured from a silver teapot from high into little glasses, and serve you the local dishes cooked in the traditional way.
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It's also worth noting that it's easier to write a damning review than an effusive one.
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Alas, visions of liveried footmen and Royal Doulton soon vanished as we pulled into the driveway of Clapped Out Estates, and the effusive greetings of a red-nosed investment banker dressed in plus fours and carpet slippers.
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Rarely has such a quiet, unassuming display prompted such effusive praise and raucous celebration.
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My hope is that we'll see some distinctive signals in the infrasound that will allow us to discriminate the different kinds of eruptive styles - from effusive events that produce lava flows, or small explosive events we call vulcanian eruptions, to the large 'Plinian' events of particular concern to aviation.
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Players are generally effusive about their manager in public.
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“Oh, thank you, thank you,” she said effusively, phone still pressed to her ear.
Panorama
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He also has a serious side and a volatile side, but it is his affable, effusive nature that strikes you above all.
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A warm, empathetic character who benefits from Faour's lively, ebullient presence, Muna is the kind of effusive person who can't help offering a U.S. customs officer the unsolicited observation that "my husband, he is not a good man.
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The governor had praised Washington effusively for his efficient response to the Dagworthy alarm, but the colonel chose to ignore that.
George Washington’s First War
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These new vents remained phreatomagmatic until 25 July, when the activity changed for 5 days to Strombolian and effusive.
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I genuinely admire the fact that this woman can be so bubbly and effusive on a Saturday morning, although I suspect that she has to go and hit a punchbag repeatedly at the end of her shift, while cursing each and every customer under her breath.
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Our host gave us an effusive welcome.
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On the surface he is a genial giant, effusive in his thanks when handed a drink.
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But he was effusive in his praise afterwards.
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Certainly Dotty was less effusive in her thanks when Stella brought her up a tray of tea in the interval.
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Her PA made up for that with a dazzling smile and an effusive thanks.
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Darling could be forgiven for looking less than effusive.
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During the downslope extension of the eruptive fracture system, effusive activity is always restricted to the lowest portion of the growing system, whereas in its uppermost part mainly degassing takes place.
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Gracious as he was in congratulating the actors who were nominated alongside him - as well as some who weren't - he saved his most effusive thanks for his wife, Robin Wright Penn.
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Express sincere gratitude - an effusive thanks for efforts made on your behalf doubles the chances that you'll be helped by that person again.
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Her effusive thanks embarrassed everybody.
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Her voice was always very effusive and she wrote very effusive letters.
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And there was a period throughout the '50s when Ellington products and works were released when Ellington had the opportunity to be more effusive or to at least even acknowledge Strayhorn - when the score to "Paris Blues" was issued or the score to "Anatomy of a Murder" or the score to "Beggar's Holiday" - when he was kind of circumspect about the truth.
Billy Strayhorn: Jazz Composer Gets His Due
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Express sincere gratitude - an effusive thanks for efforts made on your behalf doubles the chances that you'll be helped by that person again.
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But even the EU's embrace of IFRS has been less than effusive.
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Since the adoption of the exhalative model for the mineralization, the host succession has been interpreted as a dominantly effusive, and explosively eruptive, volcanic pile.
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As he felt the young fellow's eyes upon him he recalled the effusive piety of his conversation at Tyler Sudley's house, his animadversions on violin-playing and liquor-drinking, and Brother Peter Vickers's mild and merciful attitude toward sinners in those un-spiced sermons of his, that held out such affluence of hope to the repentant rather than to the self-righteous.
The Moonshiners At Hoho-Hebee Falls 1895
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The tributes were so effusive that Speaker Martin had to order a halt before the House dissolved in tears.
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A perfect example of Hodgkin’s sharp personality is the small You Are My Sunshine, which, like a sycophant’s true feelings, contains a snide black core within effusive, almost hyper orange and yellow.
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He was effusive in his praise for the general.
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As we shovel the matter into bags the phone rings, it's a PR from London who has just read about our efforts and effusively congratulates me on "living the dream".
Saving Fitzbillies: Tim Hayward's life-changing year
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she may be detached or even unfeeling but at least she's not hypocritically effusive
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Certainly Dotty was less effusive in her thanks when Stella brought her up a tray of tea in the interval.
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Volcanic activity at Mount Etna has been characterized by several effusive eruptions in the last 30 years.
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Sweltering mist of changing shades slithered through the funnels and fissures of the ship, constantly spewing out balls of effusive film containing radioactive particles and radiant flares.
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They gave us such an effusive welcome it was quite embarrassing.
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I'd write effusively about how we need more politicians like Mr. Bennet – people with serious decisions to make who are willing and able to ignore the constant hyperbolic crap that passes as 'citizen journalism' and 'new media'.
Freshman Dem: Passing health care reform worth losing my seat
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If I recall correctly, my tone was one of jaw-dropped admiration and the kind of effusive praise that can only come from the young and impressionable vis-a-vis their encounter with an artist who either works proudly outside the mainstream or has found a way to subvert the norm from within.
Box Office Prophets
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There were some nervy moments and the Spanish press were hardly effusive in their praise.
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And inside, claims the effusive press release, Nicholson writes "thoughtfully and perceptively" about middle-class women and their families, and in so doing "boldly goes where no man has gone before".
All the Hopeful Lovers by William Nicholson - review
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I didn't have time to effusively and properly thank him, as I needed to direct him to the basement through the buzz that was already building in the bar as people started to recognise him.
Paul Dennis: A Tale Of The Edinburgh Fringe
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He speaks effusively about his children, his garden, his life-saving triple heart bypass operation in 1992, which ‘changed’ him.
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It's interesting to see because he immediately puts on this effusive, charming but slightly distant manner, in case he doesn't know them.
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The effusiveness of that ending seemed positively Joycean.
Sex and/or Mr. Morrison | Miette's Bedtime Story Podcast
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During an era when young hoopsters are taught big talent should come with a bigger ego, Greg Oden is so effusively humble it's unnerving.
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Rebecca's mother was not "effusive" about Rebecca's pregnancy not because she rejected the idea of a pregnancy, but because of who she was having the baby with: her Buddhist teacher who was already married and has a young child.
Rebecca Walker
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Every pro in attendance who analyzed the contest heaped effusive praise on the judges afterward.
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The larger masses of molten glass remained near the effusive center; these were slower to solidify and commonly became strange agglomerations where bombarded by the rain of smaller ejecta.
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The current releases of the Maison Shaps et Roucher-Sarrazin wines feature an effusive, brambly Pinot Noir de Bourgogne 2008 ($19) that should fly off retail shelves and be prominent on by-the-glass wine lists.
Wine: Michael Shaps, a Virginia-Burgundy blend
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One is gentle and introverted, the other effusive and articulate - perhaps even opinionated.
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When he complained at the front desk, he got nothing but effusive, meaningless praise -- oh yes, the most wonderful guest must be correct, our criminal staff is surely at fault -- and a bill for the previous night's stay.
Asimov's Science Fiction
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A quiet, unobtrusive presence, Recoing has been earning effusive praise for this role and rightly so.
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Because all the ejected glass was found within a 5-meter radius of the effusive center, one can assume a similar maximum height of expulsion.
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Some of their comments are insightful and interesting, but like many filmmakers they fall into the trap of gushing effusive praise about everyone they worked with.
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A thumb pressed to the play button and the young man broke into a gaptoothed, effusive grin.
Heaven Lake
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Once you're inside the busy airspace with constant radio chatter and direction, you can't be too effusive with your brief.
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Members of the GAP party made sure to repeatedly extend their "heartfelt acclaim", however; effusively and endlessly adding their exaggerated extolment.
DUBIOUS, the WMD SUIT
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He also has a serious side and a volatile side, but it is his affable, effusive nature that strikes you above all.
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the critics praised her effusively
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Rarely has such a quiet, unassuming display prompted such effusive praise and raucous celebration.
Times, Sunday Times
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Marino is more effusive: ‘We got out the car after we'd both driven it, and we kind of looked at each other, started laughing and had a hug.’
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He is an effusive and ebullient man in a jacket and tie.
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Much more than maudlin sentimentality was involved in the effusive tributes.
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Our host gave us an effusive welcome.
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To this also I contributed a song or two and an effusive appreciation of Vaishnava lyrics.
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He is an effusive and ebullient man in a jacket and tie.
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He was in effusive mood as he welcomed guests.
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Effusiveness of the praise which was given him made it look suspiciously as if he was being eased out, and given credit as a face-saver.
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We are served tea by the kind of effusive waitress who works in high-end London hotels.
Johann Hari: Meet the Ex-Jihadis
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He was effusive in his praise.
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Personal comportment often appears crass, loud, and effusive to people from other cultures, but Americans value emotional and bodily restraint.
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The mantilla was a handsome one, and she thanked Mrs. Ross effusively.
The Tin Box and What it Contained
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The parson was as effusive in his attentions as circumstance would allow, but Emilia petulantly resisted them.
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Husbands are effusive, heartfelt , and articulate in their appreciation of both their partners and their marriages.
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They are equally effusive from the other side of the fence.
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The place was packed; Tony Woodcock, the new president of the New England Conservatory (a concert co-sponsor, with the BSO and the Celebrity Series), gave an effusive introduction with a record-high incidence of the adjectivally-modifying "absolutely".
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The cubs who knew me were effusive in their greetings, their claws catching at my clothing as they closed around me, a gabble of voices.
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Scriabin's early works, until about 1903, are lyrical and effusive, formally inspired by Chopin (waltzes, mazurkas, ballades, preludes, impromptus and scherzos), though where content was concerned his voice was very much his own.
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I cannot be too effusive in my praise of the manner in which the medical evidence was organized and presented.
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No prizes, I'm afraid, but you'll have my most effusive gratitude.
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He also has a serious side and a volatile side, but it is his affable, effusive nature that strikes you above all.
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I thanked her effusively and told her that it was a more thoughtful, suitable gift for me than anything I'd probably get from my own family.
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The conductor, short, chubby, curly-haired and Puckish, has been effusive in his welcome.
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But he was effusive in his praise afterwards.
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Like the majority of his breed, Corker (for such was his name) had ever been wistful to be noticed by any one -- effusively grateful for every word or pat, an ever-ready wagger and nuzzler, to none ineffable.
Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story
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Pop is about the glorious effusive, delusive Now, isn't it?
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She effusively praised her co-star, Julianne Moore, a beautiful boomer herself, and then thanked her co-star at home, the 1962 Golden Globe "star-of-the-future," Warren Beatty.
Vivian Diller, Ph.D.: Aging Gracefully In Hollywood
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The subalkaline character of the magmatic activity, combined with the prevalence of acidic effusive rocks, is characteristic of an orogenic suite developed on continental crust.
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I traveled a lot with my kids all over Europe and MX when they were small and while it is very nice that one does gain instant understanding and friendliness from the local population when traveling with children, my kids became a little shy and wary of effusive attention from strangers.
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insincere and effusive demonstrations of sentimental friendship
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Rarely has such a quiet, unassuming display prompted such effusive praise and raucous celebration.
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mushy effusiveness
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Rarely has such a quiet, unassuming display prompted such effusive praise and raucous celebration.
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Alfreda Archer was effusive; Portia sensed Simon's shields snap into place even from across the room.
THE PERFECT LOVER
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The outcome of the match may well be determined by how quiet Ferdinand can keep the effusive Jermain Defoe.
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Lower amounts of dissolved gases lead to effusive, nonexplosive eruptions.
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The subalkaline character of the magmatic activity, combined with the prevalence of acidic effusive rocks, is characteristic of an orogenic suite developed on continental crust.
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My approach is to rarely ask him for anything if I can at all help it, since his granting of a favour requires about 3-5 years of effusive gratitude and grovelling.
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He wasn't an effusive, jolly person, more a sort of seriously fine, caring man, reliable as the day was long.
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Ali apologised for his effusive celebrations and promised to tone down his behavior in a recent meeting with the team's supporters, said Bermejo.
Fears Behind the Racing Cheers
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Activists may be effusive but gloom envelops senior ranks
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We were received with the effusiveness usually secured only by having previously overtipped on a Proustian scale.
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Opposition scouts have been effusive in their praise.
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He was effusive in his praise of Deco.
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They are equally effusive from the other side of the fence.
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Holes surface pore focus on upper and middle subfacies of effusive facies which locates edifice slope.
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From ‘cowboy up’ to ‘lawyer up,’ Bush is a man for whom the word hapless is effusive praise.
Think Progress » Bush advised to ‘lawyer up.’
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So boring, from the Pierce Brosnan comparison through the description of him as "astute", "effective", "effusive"- sorry that last one describes the tenor of the article rather than the man- it is simply nothing more than p.r.
Establishment
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Equally impressive is Marjorie Holder as the effusive, slightly daffy Cecily.
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I found him to be a totally honest witness, but he is voluble and answers questions quite effusively, not always directly.
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The subalkaline character of the magmatic activity, combined with the prevalence of acidic effusive rocks, is characteristic of an orogenic suite developed on continental crust.
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He was effusive in his praise of Deco.
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If the mafic sheets were effusive and associated with primary volcaniclastic rocks, they should have contributed detritus to any immediately overlying sediments.
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Opposition scouts have been effusive in their praise.
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The open-faced, jaunty youth who effusively welcomed us, discussed the menu and offered suggestions, wrangled the wine and evidenced the mot juste in every facet of conversation, turned out to be a consulting manager from headquarters in Arizona who was there to enable the dining staff and kitchen to hit the ground running.
Neil Zevnik: A New Paradigm? Now Serving: A Nice Dose of Healthy and a Healthy Dose of Nice
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His colleagues were equally effusive with their sympathies and unanimous in the thinking that his condition might be stress-related.
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Dotty was effusive in her thanks.
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Since the adoption of the exhalative model for the mineralization, the host succession has been interpreted as a dominantly effusive, and explosively eruptive, volcanic pile.
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I would have hugged him but he looked a little unsettled at my effusive thanks, so I just said I'd name my first-born son in his honour.
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There were some nervy moments and the Spanish press were hardly effusive in their praise.
Times, Sunday Times
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He was effusive in his praise for the general.
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Unlike my hypothesis, she speaks in her baroque and breathless way not only when upset or anxious but also when she is up and effusive.