Use enthusiasm in a sentence
Sentences starting with enthusiasm
- Enthusiasm is a sign of inexperience, of ignorance, of want of culture. [4]
Sentences ending with enthusiasm
- The clear-eyed young woman of the future, always dear and often an anxiety, will this year be an object of enthusiasm. [4]
- She was brimming with enthusiasm. [5]
- He built it with a tail, teeth, fourteen legs, and a snout, and said it ate grass, cattle, pebbles, and dirt with equal enthusiasm. [5]
- She did it with a pleased alacrity and a heightened enthusiasm. [5]
- Bright, of course, was received with immense enthusiasm. [6]
- And the resolution, translated into many tongues, was adopted amidst an uproar of enthusiasm. [9]
- She too, tried to win Paula's favor; but with none of Mary's devoted and unvarying enthusiasm. [10]
- The diners rose to their feet in their enthusiasm. [5]
- In my devotion to the duties of government and the chase, I have not yet wholly forgotten enthusiasm. [10]
- At each of these towns thousands of people met him with excitement and enthusiasm. [2]
Short sentences using enthusiasm
- Public enthusiasm was measureless. [5]
- His enthusiasm was irresistible. [5]
- His letter reflects his enthusiasm. [5]
- His enthusiasm took a chill. [5]
- Business enthusiasm. [5]
Sentences containing enthusiasm two or more times
- It is all because we want to ape the foolish enthusiasm of those Muscovites," Prince Vasili continued, forgetting for a moment that though at Helene's one had to ridicule the Moscow enthusiasm, at Anna Pavlovna's one had to be ecstatic about it. [2]
More example sentences with the word enthusiasm in them
- It was only yesterday that he had tried to moderate Olympius' sanguine dreams, and had said to him: "It is not by enthusiasm but by tactics that we defeat a foe! [10]
- Mere lukewarm satisfaction would not content her in the case of the Emperor Charles; she wished to arouse his enthusiasm, his rapture. [10]
- Clemens's enthusiasm for work was now such that he agreed with Redpath to return to the platform that autumn, and he began at once writing lectures. [5]
- She was a woman and need wear no colors; and her enthusiasm for the old gods and Greek taste and prejudices were the delight of her father. [10]
- The adversary explained with enthusiasm, and the other raven dropped everything and came. [5]
- He cried out with enthusiasm, "Thank heaven for that! [5]
- She always spoke with enthusiasm to her visitors of her daughter-in-law Cecilia, of her beauty, her piety and her gentleness; in fact, she did all she could to make it appear that she herself had chosen her son's wife. [10]
- You were speaking with enthusiasm of the splendor of the Roman Empire. [10]
- The elephant-hunter's enthusiasm will waste away little by little, and his zeal will perish at last if he plod around a month without finding a member of that noble family to assassinate. [5]
- It was a wildly extravagant farce--just the sort of thing that now and then Mark Twain plunged into with an enthusiasm that had to work itself out and die a natural death, or mellow into something worth while. [5]
- True, his clever wife shared her husband's enthusiasm, and both understood how to attract the right advisers. [10]
- The Minorite Ignatius, whom Father Benedictus had sent after him that he might finish the work which the latter had begun, was a man who lacked neither intellect nor eloquence; but he did not possess the fiery enthusiasm and aristocratic confidence of the dead man. [10]
- But the Italian who, as she rode by, had been attracted by the noble features of the aged man, whose eyes still sparkled with youthful enthusiasm, gazed at him enquiringly. [10]
- The enthusiasm with which St. Francis had filled his soul in his early years had not died out in his aged breast. [10]
- The enthusiasm with which I read it, made me go down to Mr. Parker, and propose to write a review of it for Frazer's Magazine. [14]
- How many tears were shed over those coffins which contained the earthly remains of many a young life once rich in hopes and glowing with warm enthusiasm, many a quiet heart which had throbbed joyously for man's noblest possession! [10]
- Alice and Philip were set down at the farmhouse, and the company parted with mutual enthusiasm over the success of the excursion. [4]
- The United States were rescued from the false predicament in which they had been from the beginning, and the great popular heart leaped with new enthusiasm for "Liberty and Union, henceforth and forever, one and inseparable. [7]
- Without doubt it was written on realizing that good nature and enthusiasm had led him into indiscretion. [5]
- For Mr. Varney was right,--one could feel enthusiasm for Theodore Watling; and my growing intimacy with him, the sense that I was having a part in his career, a share in his success, became for the moment the passion of my life. [9]
- The Emperor's manifesto was read, evoking enthusiasm, and then all moved about discussing it. [2]
- Our mossy resting-place was named the Bridal Chamber Camp, in the enthusiasm of the hour, after darkness fell upon the woods and the stars came out. [4]
- Ah, yes, she was happy, more than happy, and yet not entirely so, for happiness must be bright, and a dark, harassing shadow fell again and again over the sunny enthusiasm which irradiated her nature and lent her a haughtier bearing. [10]
- Stay," he cried, warming with generous enthusiasm, "stay, I have an opening. [9]
- He had the Wall street slang at his tongue's end; he always talked like a capitalist, and entered with enthusiasm into all the land and railway schemes with which the air was thick. [5]
- We can get up some enthusiasm for a man of his sort. [9]
- He is an unemotional character, living in his business almost as exclusively as the Scarabee, but without any of that eagerness and enthusiasm which belong to our scientific specialist. [6]
- No nation is truly great without a common ideal, capable of evoking enthusiasm and calling out its energies. [4]
- This swept the town like wildfire, and mightily reinforced the enthusiasm of the Angelo faction, who said, "If any doubted that it was moral courage that took him from the field, what have they to say now! [5]
- These had consented to the strike reluctantly, through fear, or had been carried away by the eloquence and enthusiasm of the leaders, by the expectation that the mill owners would yield at once. [9]
- When they returned to the house, and she was thanking him with a glow of enthusiasm for such a lovely day, he lifted her up and kissed her, with an emotion of affection that brought tears to her eyes. [4]
- We are not to question the sincerity and generousness of this movement, however it may have halted and lost enthusiasm in many localities. [4]
- He was given to flights of oratory that way--a very dangerous thing, for often the wings which take one into clouds of oratorical enthusiasm are wax and melt up there, and down you come. [5]
- Indeed, for a time he gave most of his thought to it, and wrote several long appreciations, perhaps with little idea of publication, but merely to get his enthusiasm physically expressed. [5]
- Anxious spirits and throbbing hearts were those that now sought shelter in the Serapeum, fully prepared to perish with their god, and yet eager with enthusiasm to avert his fall if possible. [10]
- There is in this some thing so repugnant to humanity, so uncharitable, so cold-blooded and feelingless, that it, never did nor ever can enlist the enthusiasm of a popular cause. [7]
- The enthusiasm of this philosopher has grown with his years, and outlived his endurance: we carried our own knapsacks and supplies, therefore, and drew upon him for nothing but moral reflections and a general knowledge of the wilderness. [4]
- Froebel joyfully accepted this offer, cast aside every other thought, and, with the enthusiasm peculiar to him, threw himself into the new calling in a manner which led Gruner to praise the "fire and life" he understood how to awaken in his pupils. [10]
- She was received there in great form and with vast enthusiasm. [5]
- But it was the untamed enthusiasm which is the source of all great thoughts and deeds,--a beautiful delirium which age commonly tames down, and for which the cold shower-bath the world furnishes gratis proves a pretty certain cure. [6]
- They appeared on the street on Friday, and were welcomed with enthusiasm by the new-born parties, the Luigi and Angelo factions. [5]
- Amid great enthusiasm, the States, by unanimous vote, at once ratified the documents. [11]
- Such was, approximately, the state of his mind early in March when Gordon Atterbury came back from a conference in New York on institutional work, and filled with enthusiasm. [9]
- He had caught the ring in the voice, that rash enthusiasm of eager youth, and, taking a step towards Iberville, Count Frontenac's letter still poised in his hand: "Were your words meant for my hearing, monsieur? [11]
- The enthusiasm of the reformed army for Joan, its devotion to her, and the hot desire had aroused in it to be led against the enemy, exceeded any manifestations of this sort which La Hire had ever seen before in his long career. [5]
- One afternoon, in the Metropolitan Picture-Gallery, Philip had been expressing enthusiasm for some paintings that Celia thought more sentimental than artistic, and this reminded her that he was getting into a general way of admiring everything. [4]
- He had relieved the meeting of the necessity of taking any further action: of putting their names, for instance, in their enthusiasm to a paper which the first citizen might see. [9]
- By the time the last stanza was reached, the half-drunken enthusiasm had risen to such a pitch, that everybody joined in and sang it clear through from the beginning, producing a volume of villainous sound that made the rafters quake. [5]
- It almost warrants the enthusiasm of the spies of that rabble of adventurers who captured Dan. [5]
- Such has been the enthusiasm in this devout direction, that I should not be surprised to see our rich private citizens putting up Gothic churches for their individual amusement and sanctification. [4]
- For some moments the enthusiasm continued unabated. [7]
- What enthusiasm for the Emperor William, Bismarck, and Von Moltke, Langethal, Middendorf, and Barop would have inspired in our hearts had they been permitted to witness the great events of 1870 and 1871! [10]
- The man on the chair, his face lighted by a fanatic enthusiasm, is the Honourable Hamilton Tooting, coatless and collarless, leading the cheers that shake the building, that must have struck terror to the soul of Augustus P. Flint himself--fifty miles away. [9]
- They rode through the camp a dozen times a day, visiting every corner of it, observing, inspecting, perfecting; and wherever they appeared the enthusiasm broke forth. [5]
- It will press the button; the zeal, the energy, the sincerity, the enthusiasm of its countless vassals will do the rest. [5]
- We were aware that the garrison of English and Burgundian soldiers had given up all thought of resisting the Maid, and that we should find the gates standing hospitably open and the whole city ready to welcome us with enthusiasm. [5]
- With distance from that noble adventure, something of the glow of a lover's relations had gone, and the subsequent tender enthusiasm of mind and memory was not vivid enough to make him daring or--as he would have said--reckless for its sake. [11]
- About the hour that I was reading it in the cars, Twichell was reading it at home and forthwith fell upon me with a burst of enthusiasm about it when I saw him. [5]
- Yet this same tender enthusiasm was sincere enough to make him accept the fact of his marriage without discontent, even in the glamour of new and alluring ambitions. [11]
- I have a teacher now, and my enthusiasm continually and tumultuously grows, as I learn to use with more and more facility the pencil, brush, and graver. [5]
- The subject of sweeping appeared to weary him; fire-building failed to stir him; scrubbing and scouring awoke no enthusiasm. [5]
- It is not surprising that the people are proud of it, nor that they put their enthusiasm into eloquent words. [5]
- Indeed, to my surprise, he began to show some enthusiasm, of which sensation I had not believed him capable. [9]
- He felt so sure, this time, that some of his old enthusiasm came back to him: "See, genteelmen!--Mummy! [5]
- He was not sure how far his enthusiasm would carry him. [11]
- I never saw such enthusiasm in my life. [9]
- Rostov heard the story and not only said nothing to encourage Zdrzhinski's enthusiasm but, on the contrary, looked like a man ashamed of what he was hearing, though with no intention of contradicting it. [2]
- This enthusiasm, this stern thirst for adventure, wilted under the sultry August sun and did not last above one hour. [5]
- Well, now, another speaker got up, and in fifteen minutes damped my spirit; and during the speech of the third speaker all my enthusiasm went away. [5]
- One may properly speak of it as "going on," for it is full of the suggestion of activity; the light pours down with energy, with visible enthusiasm. [5]
- It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth looking at. [6]
- All gold and silver and di'monds," said Joe, with enthusiasm. [5]
- This might have shown that if he erred it was on the side of enthusiasm and extravagant expressions of reverence for the American people during the heroic years just passed. [6]
- Pierre began with self-satisfaction and enthusiasm, Natasha with a quiet, happy smile. [2]
- Then he had seen them rise and shed their blood, yet even then only with loud outcries and a promising display of enthusiasm. [10]
- His enthusiasm would seem to have weakened from that day. [5]
- She sorrowed to see her army go; for she said its heart was great and its enthusiasm high, and that with it at her back she did not fear to face all the might of England. [5]
- The feeling of seclusion on such a day is sweet, but the true friend who does brave the storm and come is welcomed with a sort of enthusiasm that his arrival in pleasant weather would never excite. [4]
- I do not say he ever could have been a great artist, but he had a little of the divine spark, in his enthusiasm at least--in his assiduity. [9]
- It was so satisfactory to go into such a place and see the penitents kneeling here and there, the little group of very plainly dressed sinners attracted by Father Damon's spiritual face and unselfish enthusiasm. [4]
- And at the same time to know that the Demeter, on whom you bestowed the features of the daughter of Archias, was kindling the whole great city of Alexandria with enthusiasm, and drawing countless worshippers to her sanctuary! [10]
- After that, young Rostov took no further part in any business affairs, but devoted himself with passionate enthusiasm to what was to him a new pursuit--the chase--for which his father kept a large establishment. [2]
- The King's interest rose higher and higher; it developed into enthusiasm. [5]
- I am so richly repaid for my journey--and how I did wish with all my whole heart that you were there to be lifted into the very seventh heaven of enthusiasm, as I was. [5]
- It possessed a resistless power when, excited himself, he desired to fill our young souls with his own enthusiasm. [10]
- It was a regular "Mark Twain" notion, and it is hard to-day to imagine Howells's continued enthusiasm in it. [5]
- Mr Richard not receiving his remarks with anything like enthusiasm, his employer turned his eyes to his face, and observed that it wore a troubled expression. [12]
- All had been ready for two days, and the general enthusiasm had seized upon the occasion with an adventurous picturesqueness, in keeping with this strange elevation of a simple British captain to royal estate. [11]
- Jack used to rally her on her enthusiasm in its simple furnishing; it reminded him, he said, of Carmen's interest in her projected house of Nero. [4]
- The twins were prodigiously great now; the town took them to its bosom with enthusiasm. [5]
- There is no place in the world beautiful enough to have justified her enthusiasm, and there is none ugly enough to have killed it. [4]
- The uncle knew Philip very well, and was pleased with his frank enthusiasm, and willing enough to give him a trial in the western venture. [5]
- The association of persons having this common aim cannot but stimulate effort, soften unworthy rivalry into generous competition, and promote enthusiasm and good fellowship in their work. [4]
- He thought it partly due, at least, to "the fatal delays that have sicklied over the bloom of original enthusiasm. [5]
- There were two parties there also, but besides loyalty another sentiment flourished which would now be called chauvinism, yet which possessed a noble influence, since it fostered in our hearts that most beautiful flower of the young mind, enthusiasm for a great cause. [10]
- I suppose the Parson would call this the Enthusiasm of Humanity. [4]
- Perhaps Mark Twain's own political conscience was not entirely clear in his repudiation of his party; at least we may believe from his next letter that his Cleveland enthusiasm was qualified by a willingness to support a Republican who would command his admiration and honor. [5]
- She would lay out her ideas before Euthymia so fluently and eloquently that she could not help believing them herself, and feeling as if her friend must accept them with an enthusiasm like her own. [6]
- And on the other hand, there is a great amount of affectation in the apparent enthusiasm of many persons in admiring and applauding music of which they have not the least real appreciation. [6]
- The most humble organism is something much higher than the inorganic dust under our feet; and no one with an unbiassed mind can study any living creature, however humble, without being struck with enthusiasm at its marvellous structure and properties. [1]
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