Tom turned to the woman, and said with impetuous zeal— “Exert thy power—I would see a storm!”
— from The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain

That was a bond of sympathy which imparted zeal even to those who were a little sceptical of the essential virtues of Conservatism.
— from Coningsby; Or, The New Generation by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

But Don Manuel had vowed zat he would kill him hand to hand—zat ze villain must die with a last malediction in his ear, and knowing zat it was he, ze White Wolf, who in ze end had revenged his sister’s shame.”
— from A Vendetta of the Hills by Willis George Emerson

What I zay es, 'tis these times, there's such a dale o' folk, a dale of puzzivantin' fellers; the world's to small.”
— from The Works of John Galsworthy An Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Galsworthy by John Galsworthy

At first I had to sing in common low music halls⁠—⁠sous side and zat; but talent, talent is sure to make its way in ze end.
— from Linnet: A Romance by Grant Allen

In the trains, returning husbands asked each other loudly, "What's all this about zinc?"—all save the very innocent ones, who whispered, "I say, what is zinc exactly?"
— from Once a Week by A. A. (Alan Alexander) Milne

I zdole 'er, but who I zdole 'er vrom, you do not know any more zan you know why ze frogs zdop zinging when ze light zhines."
— from The Redemption of David Corson by Charles Frederic Goss

Fontana, Lavoisier and others were, indeed, zealously engaged in using Priestley’s own facts to destroy the conception by which he explained them.
— from Joseph Priestley by T. E. (Thomas Edward) Thorpe

" Seit jenem Tage wo ich zum ersten Male in deinen schönen Augen geblickt habe, habe ich dich grenzenlos geliebt. "
— from Under the Southern Cross by Elizabeth Robins