There is only one admirable form of imagination: the imagination that is so intense that . . . it makes things happen.    From LearnThat.org.  [Sean O'Faolain (1900 - 1991), Irish short story writer.]

intense heat.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

After what he described as intense prayer and discussion with his wife, Mourdock said no, thanks.    From Wordnik.com.  [courierpress.com Stories] Reference

Massive grapefruit-level swelling and discoloration, and what she described as intense burning from toxins.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eat or Be Eaten] Reference

When I perceive "neglect" on her part, it can become a catalyst for what you describe as intense fellowship.    From Wordnik.com.  [WordPress.com News] Reference

And, after two days of what he described as intense house-to-house fighting, their young commander made this pronouncement.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 25, 2006] Reference

Cee Cee expected Max to recoil, but he pulled Oscar into an easy embrace and just held him, his eyes closed, his expression intense.    From Wordnik.com.  [Captured by Moonlight] Reference

Tuesday, D.A. Lacy defended the decision to arrest Karr despite what she called intense criticism that she be “tarred and feathered.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [False Confessions] Reference

Her brows lifted, her expression intense and fixed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Annie, Get Your Guy & Messing Around With Max]

So intense is her fidelity that it almost shames me.    From Wordnik.com.  [THEFT] Reference

A short term intense pain is better than endless mailaise.    From Wordnik.com.  [Simon Johnson on Geithner and Summers, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

The girls engage in intense discussions and heated arguments.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stewart Nusbaumer: Peace & Survial: Two Worthy Docs] Reference

The balance has resulted in intense competition for playing time.    From Wordnik.com.  [NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball - Western Kentucky vs. Arizona] Reference

Not obsessively, but with a certain intense interest in his story.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sonny Brewer - An interview with author] Reference

Then spend the next few years engaged in intense genealogical research.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ask the Genealogue 5] Reference

“An open what?” he replied with an expression of intense puzzlement.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nevermore] Reference

The clouds seem to “tokenizing” there downfall in short intense loads.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Dutch experience of sea-level rise « Climate Audit] Reference

Special Forces, who called in intense air strikes against al-Qaeda's positions.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Long Hunt for Osama] Reference

We needed a win, so I wanted to go out there and be intense from the first pitch.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com] Reference

The Israeli and Palestinian girls engage in intense discussions and heated arguments.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stewart Nusbaumer: Peace & Survial: Two Worthy Docs] Reference

If you're the sort of person who's better at focusing in short, intense bursts, use a slicer.    From Wordnik.com.  [NPR Topics: News] Reference

Take a look at some typical features of adolescent romance: Short-term intense arousal by a new partner.    From Wordnik.com.  [Douglas LaBier: Why Your Love Life Is a Version of Adolescent Romance] Reference

And after Obama has taken from Iraq to Afghanistan in intense fashion, people just dont want to go to war.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Shop Talk': Philly Mayor Isn't Black Enough?] Reference

"Maybe not after Val d'Isre," Tony broke in, his expression intense as his eyes darted to Zach, chat-lenging him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Laura's Baby]

When I am writing (I write in short intense bursts of a few weeks, then leave it) I work on several simultaneously.    From Wordnik.com.  [Black Looks] Reference

For example, caffeine improved performance even in short, intense bursts of exercise when endurance is not an issue.    From Wordnik.com.  [News] Reference

The film is intense from the beginning of the Kobyashi Maru and doesn't much let up, until just before the ending credits.    From Wordnik.com.  [Revisiting Star Trek [Part 6 of 7]: The Films] Reference

Simply look at athletes who specialize in short, intense bursts of energy and you still see that they are very low in body fat.    From Wordnik.com.  [AskMen.com - HOME PAGE] Reference

The desert wind was blowing in short intense gusts, and she was holding her hair from her face with one hand to keep it from her eyes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manner of Death]

So intense is French hatred of Prussia, that it is not too much to say that, last summer, the French would almost as lief have seen the.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866] Reference

Security officials say at least 27 people have died in intense clashes between pro-government forces in Somalia and al-Shabab militants.    From Wordnik.com.  [At Least 27 Killed In Somali Fighting] Reference

Q How would you square that with "intense" -- not contentious but.    From Wordnik.com.  [Press Briefing By Mike Mccurry] Reference

… reaction, no matter how intense, is not the same as interaction.    From Wordnik.com.  [Call of Duty - The Class Presentation] Reference

In one way it may be called the intense artistic interest of the player.    From Wordnik.com.  [Great Pianists on Piano Playing Study Talks with Foremost Virtuosos. A Series of Personal Educational Conferences with Renowned Masters of the Keyboard, Presenting the Most Modern Ideas upon the Subjects of Technic, Interpretation, Style and Expression] Reference

"That's all very well," I remarked, recalling the intense bitterness yet on my tongue.    From Wordnik.com.  [The War Terror] Reference

It is profoundly interested in experience on its intense, that is to say, its passionate side.    From Wordnik.com.  [Personality in Literature] Reference

At the end of a practice that was characterized as intense and featured "numerous shoving matches,".    From Wordnik.com.  [SI.com] Reference