EFFUSIVE in a Sentence
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22 example sentences for EFFUSIVE, such as:
1. Her eyes beamed an effusive welcome.
2. She could not finish the generous effusion.
3. He was effusive in his praise for the general.
4. Touching effusion of two old comrades on meeting again.
5. He was not effusive, loquacious, and bibulous like Giovanni.
2. She could not finish the generous effusion.
3. He was effusive in his praise for the general.
4. Touching effusion of two old comrades on meeting again.
5. He was not effusive, loquacious, and bibulous like Giovanni.
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Meanings and Examples of EFFUSIVE
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effusive
a. pouring forth; uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm
Classic Sentence: (19 in 2 pages)
1 At the Jolly Seventeen, two days after, she was effusive to Maud Dyer, to Juanita Haydock.
2 Her eyes beamed an effusive welcome.
3 He was not effusive, loquacious, and bibulous like Giovanni.
4 He was a real man, a little angry when Giovanni drank too much wine and rowed awkwardly, with effusive shoves of the great oar.
5 Touching effusion of two old comrades on meeting again.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II—IN WHICH THE READER WILL PERUSE TWO VERSES, WH...
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II—IN WHICH THE READER WILL PERUSE TWO VERSES, WH...
6 Jean Valjean held out his hand, and Fauchelevent precipitated himself upon it with the touching effusion of a peasant.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER IV—IN WHICH JEAN VALJEAN HAS QUITE THE AIR OF HAV...
Context Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER IV—IN WHICH JEAN VALJEAN HAS QUITE THE AIR OF HAV...
7 Marius lowered his head in his turn; that cold and simple word had traversed his epic effusion like a blade of steel, and he felt it vanishing within him.
8 While the grandfather, in full lyrical effusion, was listening to himself, Cosette and Marius grew intoxicated as they gazed freely at each other.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VI—THE TWO OLD MEN DO EVERYTHING, EACH ONE AFTER ...
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VI—THE TWO OLD MEN DO EVERYTHING, EACH ONE AFTER ...
9 That empty arm-chair chilled the effusion of the wedding feast for a moment.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—JEAN VALJEAN STILL WEARS HIS ARM IN A SLING
Context Highlight In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—JEAN VALJEAN STILL WEARS HIS ARM IN A SLING
10 Her daughters listened in silence to this effusion, sensible that any attempt to reason with her or soothe her would only increase the irritation.
11 This was enough to prove that her approbation need not be doubted: and Elizabeth, rejoicing that such an effusion was heard only by herself, soon went away.
12 At the door of the house we were met by a tall, white-faced, flaxen-haired man, with a notebook in his hand, who rushed forward and wrung my companion's hand with effusion.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
13 She could not finish the generous effusion.
14 Come, come; this is all an effusion of immediate want of spirits, Edward.
15 These visions faded when I perused, for the first time, those poets whose effusions entranced my soul and lifted it to heaven.
Example Sentence:
1 He sprung his secret, but the surprise it occasioned was largely counterfeit and not as clamorous and effusive as it might have been under happier circumstances.
2 Her effusive manner of greeting her friends finally began to irritate them.
3 He was effusive in his praise for the general.