Used in a Sentence

passions

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for passions.

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Those people are people of passions, and people of passions will hate quickly and move on to a better suited ecosystem even faster.

Examples14
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

As Thomaskantor, Johann Sebastian Bach provided Passion music for Good Friday services in Leipzig.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of passions gathered in one view.

N

As Thomaskantor, Johann Sebastian Bach provided Passion music for Good Friday services in Leipzig.

N

a 1984 American made-for-television drama film written by Janet Greek and Robin Maxwell and directed by Sandor Stern.

N

an American television soap opera that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1999, to September 7, 2007, and on DirecTV's The 101 Network from September 17, 2007, to August 7, 2008.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for passions.

N

As Thomaskantor, Johann Sebastian Bach provided Passion music for Good Friday services in Leipzig.

N

a 1984 American made-for-television drama film written by Janet Greek and Robin Maxwell and directed by Sandor Stern.

N

an American television soap opera that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1999, to September 7, 2007, and on DirecTV's The 101 Network from September 17, 2007, to August 7, 2008.

N

As Kapellmeister at Hamburg from 1768 to 1788, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach composed 21 settings of the Passion narrative and 1 Passion oratorio (the Passion Cantata Die letzten Leiden des Erlösers H. 776).

Example sentences

1

Those people are people of passions, and people of passions will hate quickly and move on to a better suited ecosystem even faster.

2

More realistic people work 40-50 hours a week at work and another 40 on their own passions.

3

Maybe their passion wasn't cleaning your house for you and they just wanted some money to pursue real passions.

4

Think about things that bring a smile to your face and can project to others what your passions are in life.

5

Regardless of our passions, real life is always there, filling ashtrays and picture frames whether you want it to or not.

6

The web used to be about conversations, it used to be about individual passions.

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But if I have to lose 10 years of my life away from my passions to achieve that then...

8

Ok, Magic the Gathering and Star Trek are my genuine interests and passions.

9

I might as well spend that magical time in college where nothing actually matters to pursue some other passions.

10

Please, be civilized and don't let yourselves be infected by nationalistic passions.

11

At least for me, as it draws on two of my passions: HCI/UX/usability and, well, music.

12

One of my passions in life is seeing carders get caught.

Quote examples

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Fundamentally, do you really agree we'll get more scientists, engineers, professional specialists, innovating and advancing our society and the same or greater pace, if everyone just stops working and "pursues their passions"?

2

"The smartest find a do-nothing job where they could cash a check for showing up at the office and surfing the net all day (IT, help desk at large organizations) and devote their work time to their own passions." I guess you can call that smart.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use passions in a sentence?

Those people are people of passions, and people of passions will hate quickly and move on to a better suited ecosystem even faster.

What does passions mean?

As Thomaskantor, Johann Sebastian Bach provided Passion music for Good Friday services in Leipzig.

What part of speech is passions?

passions is commonly used as N.