emotion
any strong feeling
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,554 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 11,780 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.006% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- any strong feeling
emotion in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Some violent emotion seemed to be mastering him.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles · Agatha Christie · Chapter 1
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His emotion was so great that he was forced to sit down.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement — No. 474 · Various · Chapter 1
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Even then Bobby remarked that those reserved features let slip no positive emotion.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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If he is still capable of some emotion, he is a good man.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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But hitherto the emotion had remained in him as a silent ache, veiling with sadness the beauty that evoked it.
Ethan Frome · Edith Wharton · Chapter 1