Literary notes about ardent (AI summary)
The word "ardent" in literature serves as a versatile adjective that intensifies the underlying emotion or zeal in a scene or character. It is employed to denote an impassioned affection or desire, as when a character’s love is described as so intense that it borders on the overwhelming or irrational [1, 2, 3]. At times, it underscores a fervent intellectual or ideological commitment, capturing the burning spirit of an individual striving toward lofty ideals or impatience when faced with difficulties [4, 5, 6]. In certain poetic or epic contexts, "ardent" elevates the imagery of passion—whether in the gaze of a lover, the execution of an idea, or the blazing intensity of a philosophical declaration [7, 8, 9]. Overall, its use injects narratives with a palpable sense of energy, warmth, and unyielding spirit.
- When we were alone, I gave Therese an ardent embrace, and congratulated her on having such a brother.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova - My love was most ardent, the kind described in novels as mad, passionate, and so on.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov - My love was so ardent as to be blind to possible—nay, certain, infidelities.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova - This ideal was partly an inheritance from the more ardent idealism of his master Plato, but partly it was the expression of personal experience.
— from The Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle - I am too ardent in execution and too impatient of difficulties.
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - With his ardent thirst for wisdom, he would naturally hold frequent interviews with the leading Masons among the Jewish captives.
— from The symbolism of Freemasonry : by Albert Gallatin Mackey - Her ardent gaze seemed to affect him; his quick breathing became suspended, and he opened his eyes.
— from Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy - Aphidnus next, and Erymanthus dies, And Meropes, and the gigantic size Of Bitias, threat’ning with his ardent eyes.
— from The Aeneid by Virgil - And to these was Solomon joined with a most ardent love.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete
