Working on the petitions is mind-numbing work, but it has served to provoke passionate conversation about what New York State's election process is all about.

An invitation to an Iranian home, no matter how modest, inevitably means a multicourse meal, surprise guests and passionate conversation.

When he confronted her again, they exchanged a passionate conversation.

Freethinkers Association of Central Texas They reveled in passionate conversations about literature, music and philosophy.

Ms. DiFranco is a hard-strumming acoustic guitarist whose words rush out like passionate conversation.

And even in the midst of passionate, soul-searching conversation, a hoary joke is likely to pop in like a prankster at a funeral.

The singing has the fluency and spontaneity of a passionate conversation.

They reveled in passionate conversations about literature, music and philosophy.

And while emptying bags of laundry, he would often encounter Ms. Reda, also a student there, and they fell into passionate political conversations.

I closed my eyes, and could see my friend, gesturing in passionate conversation, face alight with the desire to tease.