The large features in the trim body give him an intense presence; it is hard not to keep looking over in his direction.

Ms. Osberg is an attractive woman with a coolly intense presence.

Something else takes over at such times, "an intense conscious presence," and whatever response is necessary comes naturally from that.

Truly to look at nature, truly to listen to natural sounds, requires complete stillness and intense presence.

Just one in a vase brings an intense presence into the room.

In each case, modern architecture is an active, intense presence in the unfolding of the story, providing far more than a mere background.

She walked up until their faces were but a few inches away, and his senses were reeling with the intense female presence of her.

Their works, like others in the museum, reflect an intense spiritual presence, much of it projected through storytelling.

She asked herself if this intense presence could be God.

Beyond that, there was nothing of her to focus on but her intense presence of purpose.