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Vehemence is an English word with synonyms like intensity or intensiveness. Below you'll find 8 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Vehemence in a sentence

Vehemence meaning

  1. An intense concentration, force or power.
  2. A wild or turbulent ferocity or fury.
  3. Eagerness, fervor, excessive strong feeling.

Synonyms of Vehemence

intensity intensiveness emphasis ferocity fierceness furiousness fury violence wildness

Related words

Other words often associated with Vehemence or its synonyms:

degree level grade delirium chroma strength hostility fractiousness accent prosody rage hysteria

Using Vehemence

  • The main meaning on this page is: An intense concentration, force or power. | A wild or turbulent ferocity or fury. | Eagerness, fervor, excessive strong feeling.
  • Useful related words include: intensity, intensiveness, emphasis, ferocity.
  • In the example corpus, vehemence often appears in combinations such as: the vehemence.

Context around Vehemence

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 4 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations

Often before:

great 1× increasing 1× rhetorical 1×

Often after:

appeared 1× heath 1×

Sentence patterns with Vehemence

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

agitation and vehemence which greets 1× and his vehemence appeared to 1× by the vehemence of the 1× is the vehemence is a 1× such rhetorical vehemence was common 1× the vehemence in even 1× with great vehemence and as 1× with increasing vehemence heath s 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

at length vane 1× beyond this i 1× but the timing 1× from early 1971 1× many african leaders 1× such rhetorical vehemence 1×

Common sentence endings:

a new year 1× act in itself 1× and philosophical disputes 1× destabilizing the country 1× frightens these days 1× of international affairs 1×

Words around Vehemence

Just before it in the word index:

vehaun 2 vehari 3 veh 2 vegunta 2 vegreville 8 vegito 7

Just after it in the word index:

vehement 39 vehemently 317 vehicl 2 vehicle 13.343 vehicles 8.645 vehicular 275

Similar in corpus frequency:

aargau 12 abacos 12 abboud 12 abdelkader 12 abdomens 12 abdou 12

Corpus analysis for Vehemence

  • In this selection, "vehemence" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, great, increasing, rhetorical, appeared and heath stand out and add context to how "vehemence" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include agitation and vehemence which greets and and his vehemence appeared to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "vehemence" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with vehemence

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The truth is the vehemence is a political act in itself. (11 words)

Such rhetorical vehemence was common in antiquity in religious and philosophical disputes. (12 words)

Beyond this, I cannot understand all the agitation and vehemence which greets a new year. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

At length Vane rose to remonstrate, and call him to his senses; but Cromwell, instead of listening to him, drowned his voice, repeating with great vehemence, and as though with the desperate excitement of the moment, "Sir Harry Vane! (39 words)

Many African leaders were shocked by the vehemence of the online reaction in Africa to the incidents, said Cobus Van Staden, an expert in China-Africa relations at the South African Institute of International Affairs. (35 words)

But the timing a day after the calls suggested he was referring to them — and his vehemence appeared to suggest that any questioning of the election was considered equivalent to destabilizing the country. (33 words)

Exclamation examples

At length Vane rose to remonstrate, and call him to his senses; but Cromwell, instead of listening to him, drowned his voice, repeating with great vehemence, and as though with the desperate excitement of the moment, "Sir Harry Vane! (39 words)

Example sentences (8)

Beyond this, I cannot understand all the agitation and vehemence which greets a new year.

Many African leaders were shocked by the vehemence of the online reaction in Africa to the incidents, said Cobus Van Staden, an expert in China-Africa relations at the South African Institute of International Affairs.

The truth is the vehemence is a political act in itself.

But the timing a day after the calls suggested he was referring to them — and his vehemence appeared to suggest that any questioning of the election was considered equivalent to destabilizing the country.

The vehemence in even stating the difference between an Ijebu person and his Remo blood brother baffles and even frightens these days.

At length Vane rose to remonstrate, and call him to his senses; but Cromwell, instead of listening to him, drowned his voice, repeating with great vehemence, and as though with the desperate excitement of the moment, "Sir Harry Vane!

From early 1971, he opposed, with increasing vehemence, Heath's approach to Northern Ireland, the greatest breach with his party coming over the imposition of direct rule in 1972.

Such rhetorical vehemence was common in antiquity in religious and philosophical disputes.

Common combinations with vehemence

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "vehemence" in a sentence?
An example: "Beyond this, I cannot understand all the agitation and vehemence which greets a new year." This page contains 8 example sentences with the word "vehemence" from authentic English texts.
What does "vehemence" mean?
Vehemence means: An intense concentration, force or power.
What are synonyms of "vehemence"?
Common synonyms of "vehemence" include: intensity, intensiveness, emphasis, ferocity, fierceness, furiousness, fury, violence. Plus 1 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "vehemence" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 8 example sentences with "vehemence", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.