enthusiasms

plural of enthusiasm

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of enthusiasms Tyson offered up his thoughts and enthusiasms on this remarkable investigatory tool. — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2026 Two of Zohran Mamdani’s enthusiasms — better bus service and soccer — have, in the World Cup, found their moment of zingy cross-pollination. — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 4 June 2026 The movie thus offers a complaint about the end results of Putinism, not about the ideas—the emotions, the enthusiasms, the resentments, the hatreds—that brought it about. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 13 May 2026 Urie plays Monty Blakemont III, a dashing art connoisseur and philanthropist, whose enthusiasms are genuine though his financial resources are suspect. — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 18 Mar. 2026 Shriver’s many strange enthusiasms have provided her with a wellspring of ideas, which in the past have produced highly topical novels—about school massacres, obesity, religion, and, yes, the national debt. — Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2026 Their online parlance is punctuated by empty enthusiasms, vicious aspersions, and obvious hypocrisies that rarely matter. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enthusiasms
Noun
  • Yet bubbles do not burst entirely of their own accord; investment crazes don’t wane because fundamentals suddenly change.
    — RUCHIR SHARMA, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Similar to fashion crazes like poodle skirts, many of the top baby names for girls in the 1950s have fallen out of style.
    — Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 13 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Luckily, some of the season’s best new trends and classic styles are on sale right now on Amazon.
    — Kate Donovan, Southern Living, 7 Nov. 2026
  • While trends like these can shift perceptions of beauty and create new aesthetic anxieties, Payne argues that ferritin face also encourages consumers to approach beauty more holistically.
    — Amy Francombe, Vogue, 6 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • The more Vision rages, the calmer and more reasonable Ultron becomes.
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Foster, a defense contractor who’s just lost his job, rages at the burdens of everyday life in America, and thinks the world is working against certain people.
    — Sean Woods, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Downey vogues as the pair walks in the video, while Pascal sticks out his tongue and laughs.
    — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 1 Nov. 2026
  • There’s a brief moment in Timothée Chalamet’s video with comedian Druski where a performer comes in, vogues, and blows a kiss to the actor.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • One vendor described the changing styles as a mix of Indian tradition and Western influence, with contemporary blouses and other designs paired with traditional saris.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Beyond having a short-form video presence, some traditional news outlets are leaning into formats and styles popularized in the vertical video era.
    — Mia Sato, The Verge, 8 Nov. 2026

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“Enthusiasms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enthusiasms. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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