She hoped fervently that she would be among the first ten at least, so that she might see Matthew's kindly brown eyes gleam with pride in her achievement.

Tom is a fervent churchgoer.

He fervently drank up the beer, wanting to forget everything, to forget her.

His tone became more and more fervent.

He held so fervently to his Islamic beliefs.

Yanni prayed so fervently.

Can wars be solved by diplomacy? One would fervently hope so.

Throughout his youth he had fervently read the new works of Tolstoy. Now the fame of the great Russian was spread around the world.

His father is a fervent birdwatcher.

And it was very curious indeed to see the younger sister's eyes suffused with tears, and something fervently and deeply felt, breaking through the wilfulness of what she said, and striving with it painfully.