ENTHUSIASM in a Sentence

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Ella Stowbody, who was a professional, having studied elocution in Milwaukee, disapproved of Carol's enthusiasm for recent plays.

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 Meanings and Examples of ENTHUSIASM
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
enthusiasm
 n.  great excitement for or interest in a subject or cause; feeling of excitement
Classic Sentence: (128 in 9 pages)
1  This certainty of the morrow gave zest and enthusiasm to life, and the County people enjoyed life with a heartiness that Ellen could never understand.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
2  The South was intoxicated with enthusiasm and excitement.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
3  Every matron, old or young, in Atlanta nursed and did it with an enthusiasm that seemed to Scarlett little short of fanatic.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
4  Her eyes blazed with enthusiasm and happiness and the two stared at her, Ashley with a queer stunned look, Scarlett with surprise mingled with shame.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
5  Scarlett could not help laughing at the pride and enthusiasm of father and daughter.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LIX
6  She knew that Gerty Farish admired her blindly, and therefore supposed that she inspired the same sentiments in Grace Stepney, whom she classified as a Gerty Farish without the saving traits of youth and enthusiasm.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 11
7  She had immediately conceived enormous enthusiasm; she had chanted, "These are the real people."
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
8  She hinted of her new enthusiasm.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
9  Ella Stowbody, who was a professional, having studied elocution in Milwaukee, disapproved of Carol's enthusiasm for recent plays.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
10  They were blue, and they were never still; they expressed amusement, pity, enthusiasm.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
11  When the news had been told and their enthusiasm had slackened she looked about and was proud to be able to point out a senator, to explain the cleverness of the canopied garden.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
12  Her enthusiasm, and her violent likes and dislikes, asserted themselves in all the everyday occupations of life.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: II
13  The enthusiasm for the dance, which the Vannis had kindled, did not at once die out.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: XII
14  Her playing had aroused a fever of enthusiasm.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In IX
15  "Just a moment," said Jurgis, checking his enthusiasm.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 26
Example Sentence: (44 in 3 pages)
16  University teachers generally have admitted a lack of enthusiasm about their subjects.
17  The proposal aroused little enthusiasm in the group.
18  She showed a distinct lack of enthusiasm for the idea of becoming a mother.
19  In an excess of enthusiasm I agreed to work late.
20  A team which is full of enthusiasm is more likely to win.
21  Results from market tests in the US and Europe show little enthusiasm for the product.
22  The workers'enthusiasm for production ran unprecedentedly high.
23  My enthusiasm for the project was waning.
24  A series of failures damped his enthusiasm.
25  They set about their work with youthful vigour and enthusiasm.
26  Their skill, enthusiasm and running has got them in the team.
27  The speech aroused the enthusiasm of the students.
28  Fourthly, the natural enthusiasm of the student teachers should be maintained.
29  We went about our task with renewed enthusiasm.
30  We set about our task at once with great enthusiasm.