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US
/ˈpæʃənət/
]
[ UK /pˈæʃənət/ ]
[ UK /pˈæʃənət/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- having or expressing strong emotions
How To Use passionate In A Sentence
- That's, kind of, the heart of what they call compassionate conservatism: that the American experience must be alive and viable for everyone, and that government has a role to help people have the tools so they can help themselves. CNN Transcript Jul 23, 2004
- She would have given a great deal to be able to recall dispassionately all they had said and done that night. Ship Of Magic
- The BBC never tires of telling us how passionately it seeks the interest and participation of the public in its political output, particularly the young.
- Added to that, his company is passionate about the relationship between live music and dance in performance.
- Meanwhile, Mr. Christie is taking the same tact in what he described as a "passionate" relationship with Mr. Sweeney, who has the power to single-handedly block bills. Christie, Sweeney in Standoff Over Funds
- His love-making is passionate and impulsive, joyous almost to rowdyism. The Confessions of a Beachcomber
- I compassionated him, and sometimes felt a wish to console him; but when I looked upon him, when I saw the filthy mass that moved and talked, my heart sickened, and my feelings were altered to those of horror and hatred. Chapter 17
- Possibly one of the most compassionate pieces of music ever made, it asks us, no, arranges that we see the plight of what I'll be brutal and call a lovelorn drag queen with such intense empathy that when the singer hurts him, we do too. Archive 2009-02-01
- We must beware of the danger of confusing what is passionately and deeply wanted with what is a right.
- Will Ralphie boy have a similar experience and actually convert from his corrupt “moneychanger” fake Christian mentality and embrace more liberal, compassionate Christian beliefs and behaviors? Firedoglake » Safavian Found Guilty