All 3 Uses of
ardor
in
Babbitt
- They went, with ardor and some thoroughness, into the matters of streamline bodies, hill-climbing power, wire wheels, chrome steel, ignition systems, and body colors.†
Chpt 6 *
- Babbitt was so hopeful about Escott's hesitant ardors that he became the playful parent.†
Chpt 18
- The Rev. Dr. Drew, his rustic bang flopping with the intensity of his poetic and sociologic ardor, trumpeted: "During the untoward series of industrial dislocations which have—let us be courageous and admit it boldly—throttled the business life of our fair city these past days, there has been a great deal of loose talk about scientific prevention of scientific—SCIENTIFIC!†
Chpt 27
Definition:
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(ardor) a feeling of strong enthusiasm or love -- usually for a person or a cause