Both Uses of
vehement
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- He had no opportunity of saying, or so much as thinking, anything else, until he was clear of the Old Bailey; for, the crowd came pouring out with a vehemence that nearly took him off his legs, and a loud buzz swept into the street as if the baffled blue-flies were dispersing in search of other carrion.†
Chpt 2.3 *
- now full of vehement agony of action, with a small clear space about him as the people drew one another back that they might see;†
Chpt 2.22
Definition:
marked by extreme intensity -- especially emotion such as anger