Read full poem →Rose two sheer wings of sundering cloud, that were
As a bird's poised for vehement flight.
Full-fledged with plumes of tawny fire and hoar grey light.
Dictionary Entry
Showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. vehementopposition vehementprotest vehementdesire vehementprotests vehementattack vehement
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Poetry examples for “vehement”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →'Tisn't the way very likely to win. For the woman, they tell you,
Ever prefers the audacious, the wilful, the vehement hero;
She has no heart for the timid, the sensitive soul; and for knowledge,--
Read full poem →Mighty to keep in bound, tho' powerless to quell,
The amorous and vehement drift of man's herd to hell.
Read full poem →And with a blast of paramount, profane,
And vehement valediction did explain
To each of us, in words that we shall keep,
Read full poem →To feed her eager child, who sucked at it
With vehement lips across a gap of air
As he stood opposite, face and curls a-flame
Read full poem →The glory as I dreamed, and fainted when
Too vehement light dilated my ideal,
For my soul's eyes? Will that light come again,
Read full poem →Of comming ills. To (poor) me is allowed
No ease; for long, yet vehement grief hath been
Th' effect and cause, the punishment and sin.
Read full poem →Of comming ills. To (poor) me is allowed
No ease; for long, yet vehement grief hath been
Th' effect and cause, the punishment and sin.
Read full poem →BRAINSICK, _a husband, who, being well conceited of himself,
despises his wife: vehement and eloquent, as he thinks;
but indeed a talker of nonsense._
Read full poem →Of vehement actions without scope or term,
Called history, keeps a splendor; due to wit,