Spirit Bound: Chapter 123
Even with the doors blockaded more ardently than anything faelen had ever seen before, cracks riddled the chains and sealing stones -- cracks that liam was desperately trying to repair while he sought to soothe whatever lay behind those doors.
Halo: Left Behind, Chapter 2: Nothing Stays the Same
The fanatical sangheili spoke with ardent passion and his eyes blazed with religious fervor. j'van swirled away from his underling to bellow commands to his crew who took up the same avid will of their commander.
...And Action!
Her mother, ko'athi, was (and likely still is, kkthtuoa thought) an ardent speciesist who was absolutely enamored of the doctrine of mesozoic dominion, a fringe philosophy that preached the extinction of humanity and the rise of a pan-global mesozoican empire
Chapter 10: Group Work
Flora declared ardently. "i don't care about the respect of random snobs." "perhaps i'm offering my friendship. would you find that so distasteful as to reject it outright?" he rejoined.
Southern Free Agents, Ch 5
Silence prevailed after the lizard's ardent insistence, but not for long. it was archie who pushed the issue. "maybe not naturally occurring undead, no... but that doesn't eliminate the possibility of necromancy."
Between Winters, Part 10 - One Magic Fox
Of all three of them, he had been the most ardent opponent to the idea from day one; "an unimportant waste of time", had been his standard reply whenever the issue had been brought up, followed by "curing the blood cough is the only thing of importance" and
Nightworld 09: Bloodbath
“oh yeah, because i'm turkish, i must be an ardent muslim? you sound like an american calling us arabs." “kadir i… didn't mean it like that.
Paradise City
This secret method then started spreading among others of their ilk, despite their no-doubt ardent attempts to prevent it, leading to this new growth in commerce.
Chapter 29 The Key
I could imagine your voice as i read your words, so ardent and earnest as you defended your precious cuddle bear. yes, a part of me knows that richie would never hurt me. but whenever he drinks like that . . . he terrifies me, charlie.
The Crown: Chapter Ten
I know that there is a secret art taught among your people, and that the royals are trained in these techniques more ardently than anyone. i need you to use these talents to clear the path for velnuro and the slaves. can you take care of it?"
"The Thin Line, Part JJ
The prelate regained his composure, with the assistance of a full glass of ardent spirits. "the blood seal, corporal. i see.
Jack, Schuyler's Giant Killer
_ this did not save it from the buffeting of wings, the jealous peck of beak, nor the assault of yet more ardent cries -- _scha-guaaa! craw-schgwaaa!