Sentence examples for too ardent from inspiring English sources

He was too ardent, too honest.

"The fact is," he wrote, "he is too ardent, too intense, too uncompromising in his ambitions".

They are too ardent, argumentative and finely wrought — and also beautifully lighted — not to hold our attention.

Fanti, suspected of being too ardent a revolutionary by his Piedmontese superiors, was removed from command but later cleared.

Mr Ecevit doubtless fears that too ardent an investigation into several suspect ministers will prompt the collapse of his already awkward coalition.

There is something perhaps too ardent about Victor's admiration for the dashing "Bysshe," who is, the scientist says, "my one friend and ally in this world, where there is so much harm and darkness".

It's as if the American is determined to shake off a too-ardent following.

Her father, John France, a long-distance swimmer, had been her perhaps too-ardent mentor.

His courtiers strain to look up ladies' skirts, women recoil from the too-ardent attentions of baby-faced gallants, and manicured fingers are modeled into slightly rude gestures.

Too-ardent political support, for example when provincial authorities are told promotions are dependent on the number of new contraceptive users, must be avoided because they can lead to overly aggressive services.

When Charlotte refused Henry Nussey in 1839, her letter explained in a patient and kindly tone that she was not the right wife for him, and prescribed instead a similar caricature of meek womanhood: "Her character should not be too marked, ardent and original - her temper should be mild...'...'..