Effusions
[ɪf'ju:ʒnz]
Examples
- I saw one of Mr. Tulkinghorn's long effusions, I think? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Poetry will not exist for Mark, either in literature or in life; its best effusions will sound to him mere rant and jargon. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- These visions faded when I perused, for the first time, those poets whose effusions entranced my soul, and lifted it to heaven. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Not content with the language of prose, Mr. Winsor vented his thoughts and feelings in numerous poetical effusions. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Let _our_ first effusions be less insupportable than those of the generality of travellers. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
Typist: Virginia