enthusiasm

• He turned to Arinnian and, if his enthusiasm was a touch forced, it was nonetheless real. —  "You can't leave now," Daniel Holm told his son
• I've no doubt his enthusiasm has been the reason for his comparative …
• The kink in his enthusiasm is a competition among firefighters, police officers and other public safety workers across the country, where the team that gets the most buff by spring wins. —  Anchorage Daily News - Alaska News
• Added to their enthusiasm was a desire to show their ability as fighters, with the result that the British right wing was so effective that it, in a great measure, made up for the failure of the Indian troops. —  The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 12) Neuve Chapelle, Battle of Ypres, Przemysl, Mazurian Lakes
• And though hundreds in the glare of light and blaze of diamonds listen to Patti, she wonders if the enthusiasm is as deep and sincere Over opposite where modest Brooklyn lived its simple, friendly life fifty years ago, stretching out into country ways and green fields, there are miles of houses, and the great bridge is such an everyday affair one hardly gives it a second thought. —  A Little Girl of Long Ago

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