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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Watch parties will be held across the Dakotas, and the most ardent fans will make the long drive down Interstates 29 and 35 to see the game in person.
    Eric Olson, Dallas News, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Even the ardent love of liberty will, after a time, give way to its dictates.
    Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 30 May 2017
  • But Lamont had been one of the plan’s early and ardent backers.
    Christopher Keating, courant.com, 16 Nov. 2021
  • At the same time, fandoms for streamers’ more niche content have grown more ardent.
    Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The architects of the law and its most ardent supporters were almost all white.
    NBC News, 10 June 2021
  • Salmon will soon be arriving, and some of their ardent fans are here today.
    Lesley Evans Ogden, Discover Magazine, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Here was a group within which were some of his most ardent supporters.
    Lissandra Villa / Iowa City, Time, 26 Oct. 2019
  • 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

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