これはホームズの特徴のひとつで、情熱が活動期に入ると食事をとろうとしなくなり、まったくの栄養失調で倒れるまで、自分の鋼のような強さを利用しつくしたこともあったのだ。例文帳に追加

for it was one of his peculiarities that in his more intense moments he would permit himself no food, and I have known him presume upon his iron strength until he has fainted from pure inanition.発音を聞く  - Arthur Conan Doyle『ノーウッドの建築家』

これらの談論の結末として、ある晩のこと、いつになく興奮の兆しを事毎に示していたシニコ夫人が情熱的に彼の手を取って自分の頬に押し当てた。例文帳に追加

The end of these discourses was that one night during which she had shown every sign of unusual excitement, Mrs. Sinico caught up his hand passionately and pressed it to her cheek.発音を聞く  - James Joyce『痛ましい事件』