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Literary notes about WARM (AI summary)

In literature, “warm” carries a rich duality that spans both the physical and the emotional. It often denotes gentle physical heat—a comforting sensation found in the embrace of sunlight on a crisp morning ([1]), the invitation of a fireside ([2]), or even the promise of revived spirit after cold hardships ([3]). Simultaneously, the term conveys a sense of heartfelt kindness and genuine human connection, as seen when a character’s sincerity or affectionate nature is highlighted ([4], [5], [6]). Whether used to animate the external world with inviting weather and cozy surroundings ([7], [8], [9]) or to deepen the internal landscape of emotion and moral character ([10], [11], [12]), “warm” enriches narrative texture by blending tangible comfort with intangible sociability.
  1. In the sunshine the air was warm, and that warmth was particularly pleasant with the invigorating freshness of the morning frost still in the air.
    — from War and Peace by graf Leo Tolstoy
  2. Some domestic emergency or other has blown this miserable man from his warm fireside in quest of a doctor.
    — from Twice-told tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  3. He ought to have gone to bed and got warm, but he could not.
    — from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
  4. And it does not come from him but simply from the generosity of your own warm heart.
    — from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  5. I want to thank you here and now, dear, for the warm and true affection you’ve always given me.”
    — from Anne of Avonlea by L. M. Montgomery
  6. Her heart was warm, her blood was dark and warm and soft.
    — from The Rainbow by D. H. Lawrence
  7. It was a windless morning of warm November rain, which floated down like meal, and lay in a powdery form on the nap of hats and coats.
    — from The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
  8. about midday it was very warm to this the high bluffs and narrow channel of the river no doubt contributed greatly.
    — from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark and Meriwether Lewis
  9. Every patch of cleared land presented a vivid green to the eye; the brook brawled in the gay sunshine, and the warm air was filled with soft murmurs.
    — from Roughing It in the Bush by Susanna Moodie
  10. And he was a very warm friend, as is plain from his attachment to Asclepiades; which was hardly inferior to the friendship of Pylades and Orestes.
    — from The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius
  11. "Sir, I feel honest enough," said Graham; and a genuine English blush covered his face with its warm witness of sincerity.
    — from Villette by Charlotte Brontë
  12. “At this moment her heart is as warm towards me as mine is towards her, she would live with me here in this humble cottage for the asking!
    — from The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy

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