How to Use ardent in a Sentence

ardent

adjective
  • And, contrary to the hopes of her ardent fans, that won't change this year.
    Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Sep. 2017
  • But the point is that his ardent pursuit is in no way sincere.
    Allison P. Davis, The Cut, 30 July 2017
  • Yet even the most ardent fan rarely knows much about kicking itself.
    Wil S. Hylton, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2022
  • The lack of progress has worn down even food safety’s most ardent activists.
    Bernice Yeung, ProPublica, 23 Dec. 2021
  • But the plan found the most ardent supporters in Cleveland.
    Vince Guerrieri, Popular Mechanics, 2 Aug. 2019
  • That is too big an ask of all but the most ardent Putin apologists.
    James Nixey, CNN, 23 Sep. 2022
  • His most ardent supporters can vote in no more than three of those six fields.
    Paul Grein, Billboard, 29 Dec. 2021
  • 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
  • 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
  • Here was a group within which were some of his most ardent supporters.
    Lissandra Villa / Iowa City, Time, 26 Oct. 2019
  • The architects of the law and its most ardent supporters were almost all white.
    NBC News, 10 June 2021
  • That question has vexed even many of the most ardent climate-change activists.
    oregonlive.com, 9 July 2019
  • The universe has a way of surprising even its most ardent observers.
    David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 25 Feb. 2019
  • 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
  • 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
  • Salmon will soon be arriving, and some of their ardent fans are here today.
    Lesley Evans Ogden, Discover Magazine, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The case ends the career of one of Trump’s most ardent early supporters.
    Washington Post, 17 Jan. 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
  • Kid Rock has been an ardent Trump supporter over the years.
    Lisa Respers France, CNN, 8 June 2022
  • Even the most ardent climate sceptic has heard of carbon dioxide.
    Jamie Hailstone, Forbes, 13 Apr. 2022
  • For all but the most ardent activists, resistance has come to feel futile.
    Paolo Bosonin, WSJ, 26 Dec. 2018
  • The moment when the much maligned coach compelled even his most ardent of dissenters to doff their caps in respect?
    SI.com, 12 July 2018
  • Even the most ardent heels wearer will love these kicks, which can be dressed up for just about any occasion.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Even the ardent love of liberty will, after a time, give way to its dictates.
    Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 30 May 2017
  • Or that many of our most ardent supporters will agree with my decision that day.
    Paul Steinhauser, Fox News, 6 Dec. 2021
  • At the same time, fandoms for streamers’ more niche content have grown more ardent.
    Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 1 Sep. 2023
  • But Lamont had been one of the plan’s early and ardent backers.
    Christopher Keating, courant.com, 16 Nov. 2021
  • That kind of innovation may explain why the Wynn has such ardent fans.
    Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2023

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