How to Use ardor in a Sentence
ardor
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His ardor for long walks in the woods, driving the deer ahead of the hunters, is gone.
—Lee Bergquist and Bob Riepenhoff, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 July 2017
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When his ardor flagged, the nymph’s task was to rekindle it.
—Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 20 June 2022
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But this duo’s ardor burns clean and cool, like a Sobranie, and Kulig is the flint.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 11 May 2018
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And their ardor has only seemed to grow since his loss.
—Mary L. Trump, The New Republic, 12 Aug. 2021
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This poem ached to swoon at the skill and ardor laid at her passerine feet.
—Laura Reece Hogan, Scientific American, 1 June 2023
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What struck me most about that day was the ardor that surrounded it.
—Seth Green, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2019
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His body was warm for Lucy Taylor with all the ardor of a new affair.
—Zora Neale Hurston, Harper's magazine, 6 Jan. 2020
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But any non-cynic can’t help but be swept up in its doomed ardor.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2021
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But the ardor of the support for the local team remains as strong as ever.
—New York Times, 13 May 2022
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Baritone Nathan Gunn brings hearty ardor to the role of Sid Taylor.
—Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 18 June 2021
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For the bomber, the drive for vengeance, the need to correct what’s amiss in the world, had likely assumed a religious ardor.
—Michael Cannell, Smithsonian, 2 May 2017
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At the center of the stage is a bed, at first a scene of Yerma and Juan’s ardor but soon a grim reminder of where the trouble is.
—Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2019
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Musk’s ardor for Twitter faded weeks after the deal was agreed, in the wake of a broad selloff on the stock market.
—WIRED, 28 Oct. 2022
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In Sicily, which claims St. Joseph as its patron saint, the day is met with genuine ardor.
—Domenica Marchetti, chicagotribune.com, 16 Mar. 2018
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The same desire, an ardor akin to Ahab’s, animates them all.
—David Dobbs, WIRED, 6 June 2013
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Such ardor belies the brutal struggle in the Arco Minero.
—Andrew Rosati, Bloomberg.com, 9 Apr. 2018
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If romantic ardor has cooled, this is the perfect time to stoke the fires and prove your commitment.
—Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 20 Sep. 2020
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Trump’s ardor for Greitens hasn’t taken hold with the GOP writ large.
—Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 18 Feb. 2022
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But that never seemed to get him down or diminish his ardor for the next battle.
—Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 1 Sep. 2018
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Even a truly tragic male perm couldn't dull their ardor.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 14 Feb. 2022
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The lack of a podium spot didn’t diminish Chinese fans’ ardor for him.
—Sha Hua, WSJ, 10 Feb. 2022
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Now 21, his Bucks ardor has not waned despite living so far away.
—Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2020
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Valentine's Day has come and gone, but that doesn't cool our ardor for great romance novels.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 17 Feb. 2022
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His ardor for the natural world and the creatures in it still reaches and touches his readers.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2023
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Morrison’s spell in Boston was marked by equal parts dread and ardor.
—James Sullivan, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Apr. 2018
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And what takes Cold War from chilly but beautiful to swirling, beating ardor is its use of music.
—Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, 15 May 2018
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Sachs frequently steps over the line and in his ardor for his subject and addiction to detail tells us more than most of us need to know.
—Robert Gottlieb, New York Times, 27 June 2017
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The cash customers fanned to fever heat by the ardor and closeness of combat gave outlet to all kinds of riotous impulses.
—Charles P. Pierce, SI.com, 31 Mar. 2018
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The history of Israel is also a history of resilience, of an ardor to overcome the hatred of others.
—Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 15 Dec. 2023
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In Europe, the ardor for ESG regulations has somewhat cooled.
—Camille Fumard, Fortune Europe, 22 Feb. 2024
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