Sentence examples for fervor take from inspiring English sources

In performance, at some point near the climax, I happily relinquish the prospect of playing all or any of these notes, and just let the fervor take over, preacher style.

He pursued animals' enemies with fervor, taking on gun manufacturers and legislators and occasionally being sued for libel.

The fervor took hold in my pocket of Houston quietly, at first, and then everywhere all at once.

His disciples, energized by a burning messianic fervor, took Israel's victory in the Six-Day War of 1967 as confirmation of this theology and set out to fulfill its commandment.

At the Moscow cemetery where family members and friends mourned one of the first victims of the siege to be buried, a 25-year-old engineer named Aleksei Bochkov, patriotic fervor took a back seat to grief and confusion.

A quick trip down to the valley's Apple store in Palo Alto shows the fervor taking over the valley.

The formal designation came in an evocative ceremony that drew several hundred environmentalists, and in its fervor took on an almost religious quality.

In their fervor to take action against gun violence after the shooting in Newtown, Conn., a growing number of state and national politicians are promoting a focus on mental illness as a way to help prevent further killings.

It is no difficult task, then, to ridicule the complaining Pakistanis, but it is also fair to wonder if Americans who still prefer patriotic fervor to "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" would have cheered one of their own teaming with an Afghan last fall, or how the Israeli public, which has taken no issue this time, would respond to Hadad and a Palestinian of choice.

There's a certain irony that the race to host the 2024 Summer Games has come down to two countries where nationalist fervor has taken hold.

"Don't do a thing till I get off, O.K.?" she said, and in her fervor she took hold of my arm.