How to Use ardent in a Sentence
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And parents sometimes reach out with equally ardent words.
— Susan Miller, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2024 -
Lawmakers from high-tax states — including Republicans — have made clear their ardent devotion to the cause of restoring the deduction.
— Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024 -
And, contrary to the hopes of her ardent fans, that won't change this year.
— Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Sep. 2017 -
At 340 pounds and an ardent weightlifter, Pierce has the size and strength of a run-stopper.
— Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 29 Mar. 2020 -
Fans have marveled at the fact that the man who took on Bush is now one of Trump’s most ardent fans.
— Nadra Nittle, Vox, 3 Oct. 2018 -
At the time the book was written, most of Blake's life, and his death, were a mystery, even to ardent blues fans.
— Chris Foran, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Feb. 2022 -
The ant that now bears the group’s name is as unique as the band itself, whose most ardent fans insist is the best band in the world.
— Lisa Gutierrez, kansascity, 28 Apr. 2017 -
The idea is to put some of the brand’s most in-demand timepieces into the hands of some of its most ardent fans.
— Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 1 Oct. 2024 -
That is too big an ask of all but the most ardent Putin apologists.
— James Nixey, CNN, 23 Sep. 2022 -
But the plan found the most ardent supporters in Cleveland.
— Vince Guerrieri, Popular Mechanics, 2 Aug. 2019 -
But the point is that his ardent pursuit is in no way sincere.
— Allison P. Davis, The Cut, 30 July 2017 -
Since then there has been enough legal back-and-forth to bore the most ardent plane-spotter.
— The Economist, 3 Oct. 2019 -
Live science, in fact, is what Hilton is most ardent about.
— Harriet Howard Heithaus, USA TODAY, 27 Sep. 2021 -
The lack of progress has worn down even food safety’s most ardent activists.
— Bernice Yeung, ProPublica, 23 Dec. 2021 -
Alfa Romeo does have its ardent fans in the United States.
— Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 9 Feb. 2022 -
At the center of it all, Mehren, now in his 80s, is ardent and affable.
— Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 May 2022 -
Even the most ardent baseball fan will want to skip over parts of this book, but don’t skip too quickly.
— Paul Dickson, WSJ, 2 Oct. 2020 -
That seems to have struck a chord with fans, many of whom (like Barr) are ardent Trump supporters.
— Chris Morris, Fortune, 22 June 2018 -
Kid Rock has been an ardent Trump supporter over the years.
— Lisa Respers France, CNN, 8 June 2022 -
The case ends the career of one of Trump’s most ardent early supporters.
— Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2020 -
Yet even the most ardent fan rarely knows much about kicking itself.
— Wil S. Hylton, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2022 -
Of course, even the most ardent of sellers at the trade deadline — as the Tigers have been for nearly a decade — are buyers, of sorts.
— Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 29 July 2024 -
His most ardent supporters can vote in no more than three of those six fields.
— Paul Grein, Billboard, 29 Dec. 2021 -
At the same time, Ireland has long been one of the world’s most ardent champions of the Palestinian cause.
— Marisa Bellack, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2024 -
They were either chased away by the brief but ardent rainstorm at the start of the fourth quarter, or were dressed in Utah red, or both.
— Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Sep. 2021 -
Even the most ardent minimalist can grow tired of their wardrobe from time to time.
— Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 4 Aug. 2024 -
The Phoenix Band’s playing on the Fourth astonished even its most ardent friends.
— Donna Reiner, The Arizona Republic, 17 Dec. 2021 -
That question has vexed even many of the most ardent climate-change activists.
— oregonlive.com, 9 July 2019 -
Grew up wanting to work there and have been one of their most ardent defenders.
— Fortune, 30 Dec. 2021 -
She’s also been an ardent supporter of the sheer trend.
— Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 3 Jan. 2024
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