How to Use ardent in a Sentence
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This shift has raised the ire of some of Kennedy’s most ardent fans.
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Zoë Schlanger,
The Atlantic,
16 Sep. 2025
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That view has its ardent critics.
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Jonathan M. Pitts,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Mar. 2026
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And, contrary to the hopes of her ardent fans, that won't change this year.
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Scott Feinberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
1 Sep. 2017
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But the point is that his ardent pursuit is in no way sincere.
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Allison P. Davis,
The Cut,
30 July 2017
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Yet even the most ardent fan rarely knows much about kicking itself.
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Wil S. Hylton,
New York Times,
31 Aug. 2022
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The sea of ardent fans answered his call to repeat his tagline, too.
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Mankaprr Conteh,
Rolling Stone,
15 Mar. 2025
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His most ardent supporters can vote in no more than three of those six fields.
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Paul Grein,
Billboard,
29 Dec. 2021
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Even the most avid cleaner and ardent chore doer may not think to wash the drapes.
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Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
14 Mar. 2026
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The lack of progress has worn down even food safety’s most ardent activists.
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Bernice Yeung,
ProPublica,
23 Dec. 2021
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And its most ardent message is quite earthbound.
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ABC News,
3 June 2026
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The healthy-dose of cheese in this recipe will convert even the most ardent broccoli hater.
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Patricia S York,
Southern Living,
9 Nov. 2025
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By now, ardent NFL fans know the main times to block off.
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Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
25 Aug. 2025
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Since then there has been enough legal back-and-forth to bore the most ardent plane-spotter.
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The Economist,
3 Oct. 2019
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That is too big an ask of all but the most ardent Putin apologists.
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James Nixey,
CNN,
23 Sep. 2022
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Grew up wanting to work there and have been one of their most ardent defenders.
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Fortune,
30 Dec. 2021
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All hail this ardent, ferocious, baroque, bonkers bard.
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Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
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Some fans were ardent, but the picture was not a box office success.
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Carmel Dagan,
Variety,
13 May 2025
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Even the most ardent minimalist can grow tired of their wardrobe from time to time.
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Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
4 Aug. 2024
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Even the most ardent baseball fan will want to skip over parts of this book, but don’t skip too quickly.
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Paul Dickson,
WSJ,
2 Oct. 2020
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That question has vexed even many of the most ardent climate-change activists.
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oregonlive.com,
9 July 2019
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Brand, now in his eighties, is an ardent Burner.
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Literary Hub,
21 Nov. 2025
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But Trump’s most ardent supporters just don’t see it that way.
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Will Gottsegen,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026
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Even the ardent love of liberty will, after a time, give way to its dictates.
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Chris Stirewalt,
Fox News,
30 May 2017
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The idea is to put some of the brand’s most in-demand timepieces into the hands of some of its most ardent fans.
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Paul Brady,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Oct. 2024
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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.
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Lisa Gutierrez,
kansascity,
28 Apr. 2017
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But everyone — from the most ardent fan all the way up to the owner who signs the checks — had to endure it.
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Barry Svrluga,
New York Times,
14 May 2026
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At 340 pounds and an ardent weightlifter, Pierce has the size and strength of a run-stopper.
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Mark Inabinett | [email protected],
al,
29 Mar. 2020
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At one time, the president had no more ardent defender.
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Lesley Stahl,
CBS News,
8 Dec. 2025
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At the time the book was written, most of Blake's life, and his death, were a mystery, even to ardent blues fans.
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Chris Foran,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
11 Feb. 2022
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That seems to have struck a chord with fans, many of whom (like Barr) are ardent Trump supporters.
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Chris Morris,
Fortune,
22 June 2018
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