zealousness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for zealousness
Noun
  • That unique tone, captured with zeal by a charismatic ensemble led by Fred Ward, Kevin Bacon, and Reba McEntire, is what makes Ron Underwood's horror-comedy about giant worms terrorizing a remote desert town such a good hang.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2025
  • But Chernus talks at us with the condescending zeal of a true music-lover, and his cheeky tirades about the history of jazz — and why Jarrett’s gift for improvisation is unique even in the context of such a freeform genre — are entertaining and educational in equal measure.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Why the Phillies, trying to sell him on the fervor of their market, showed him a chart detailing how the reaction of fans to a Kyle Schwarber home run in the 2022 World Series registered on the Richter scale.
    Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Tireless retail buying And anything resembling the demise of the speculative fervor is hard to locate.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Paul’s father is the righteous wrath of society, looking down on his son’s fecklessness with the zealotry of an irascible Fox News addict who doesn’t see any value at all in arts funding.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Khamenei’s zealotry is very unlikely to outlive him in Iran’s highest echelons of power.
    Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 12 June 2025
Noun
  • Such ideological exuberance was obviously unsustainable, which was Davis’s main point.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
  • BofA also points to a record 54% of investors who now believe that AI stocks are in a bubble, according to its most recent Global Fund Manager Survey—another reason for heightened vigilance around the market’s uneasy exuberance.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Hawks might whip up enthusiasm by waving a bloody shirt or recalling a stab in the back.
    Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
  • And one thing about Andrew that is important to remember is that his enthusiasm is a certain kind of spiritually connected chaos that anyone could do with at any age, at any point in their life.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
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“Zealousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zealousness. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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