"Effusive" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... himself: his breast was too small to contain it: he would have burst if he had not shared his delight. Failing a friend, he had confided in his colleague in the orchestra, the second Kapellmeister, Siegmund Ochs, a young Wurtemberger, a good fellow, though crafty, who showed him an effusive deference. Christophe did not distrust him: and, even if he had, how could it have occurred to him that it might be harmful to confide his joy to one who did not care, or even to an enemy? Ought they not rather to be grateful ...
— Jean-Christophe, Vol. I • Romain Rolland
... effusive greetings as dutifully as she could. She had never succeeded in cultivating a very lively affection for them; to-day she found ...
— The Talking Horse - And Other Tales • F. Anstey
... be no doubt upon that point, unless the natives were consummate hypocrites, for they welcomed Van der Kemp and his party with effusive voice, look and gesture, and immediately spread before them part of a splendid supper which had just been prepared; for they had chanced to arrive ...
— Blown to Bits - or, The Lonely Man of Rakata • Robert Michael Ballantyne
... some recognition, replied hastily by murmuring the conventional "How are you?" into some innocent civilian's face some yards behind us. Mere stay-at-homes, on the other hand, surprised into believing that they ought to know him, stopped and became quite effusive. As far as I can remember George accepted three invitations to dinner from total strangers rather than explain, and I was ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 153, Oct. 10, 1917 • Various
... his own time was the understanding between them when they parted, almost affectingly, at night, for between the snake episode and the successive toddies the good old gentleman was quite effusive. There would have been, probably, no change in the instructions had Harris started at reveille or even at dawn. But to "pull out" at midnight, with the situation changed and without another word with the commander, was something ...
— Tonio, Son of the Sierras - A Story of the Apache War • Charles King
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