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Fervent is wielded by authors to intensify emotion and to evoke a sense of burning passion or deep conviction. It appears in declarations of unyielding faith and love, as when characters express a "fervent, passionate faith" or a "fervent reply" that underscores their inner fire [1] [2]. The term also colors descriptions of natural phenomena and inner states, from the blazing intensity of a “vast fire petrified at the moment of its most fervent combustion” to the heartfelt yearning in a character’s inner world [3] [4]. In religious and historical writings, it amplifies the power of prayer and devotion, capturing both the solitude of individual supplications and the united hopes of communities [5] [6] [7]. This versatility makes fervent an effective adjective for expressing the depth and urgency of emotion in literature.
  1. I have faith, Uncle, fervent, passionate faith.
    — from Uncle Vanya: Scenes from Country Life in Four Acts by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
  2. “You just bet I did,” was the fervent reply.
    — from White Fang by Jack London
  3. Before him rose a grotesque mass of rocks, that resembled nothing so much as a vast fire petrified at the moment of its most fervent combustion.
    — from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet
  4. I have described myself as always having been embued with a fervent longing to penetrate the secrets of nature.
    — from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
  5. The effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
    — from A Memorial of Mrs. Margaret Breckinridge by John Breckinridge
  6. On no other occasion has it ever been my lot to listen to so fervent a supplication for mercy and protection.
    — from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself by Harriet A. Jacobs
  7. The fervent desire of the just after God: hope in afflictions.
    — from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete

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