EFFUSIVE in a Sentence

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He was a real man, a little angry when Giovanni drank too much wine and rowed awkwardly, with effusive shoves of the great oar.

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 Meanings and Examples of EFFUSIVE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
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.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
2  Her eyes beamed an effusive welcome.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XX
3  He was not effusive, loquacious, and bibulous like Giovanni.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
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.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
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...
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...
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.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER V—ENLARGEMENT OF HORIZON
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 ...
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
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.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 20
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.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 59
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
13  She could not finish the generous effusion.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
14  Come, come; this is all an effusion of immediate want of spirits, Edward.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 19
15  These visions faded when I perused, for the first time, those poets whose effusions entranced my soul and lifted it to heaven.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Letter 1
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.