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Sentence Examples One reason for the Germans' eagerness was the fact that only British subjects could buy Crown land. Recite the Holy Qur'an with eagerness and fervour and put all your heart and soul in the recitation. The eagerness and competitiveness seen at all quiz events were evident here too. We have already animadverted on the extraordinary eagerness of the first Roman to occupy Britain. That is evidenced by his eagerness to abandon the antiballistic missile treaty. Her voice trembled and broke at times, but she consistently looked upon Angie's face with eagerness. Emilia's eagerness to divulge her husband's guilt thus illustrates her revenge, her returning ill upon the man who has abused her. You have the gifts of perception, extended vision, insight, and intuition and display an eagerness to display your full creative expression. Carlyle rubbished talk of retirement immediately after suffering the injury, and he has reiterated his eagerness to return to action. The usual hurry to get to work, usual rush to beat the peak time traffic, and usual eagerness to be part of the rat race. As the discerning stare of the procuress suggests, the eagerness of the suitor is by no means matched by his torpid purchase. But there was little need for my exhortation, for he came out of his own accord, not only willingly but with eagerness, and straight at me. Rather shamefacedly, I admitted that I actually had forgotten to do so in my eagerness to engage the enemy! She might guess at my eagerness, but then, that's practically a hallmark of unpublished authors. I missed the excited talk of last year where our eagerness and innocent naivety overruled our sense of logic and sensibility. You sense that staff morale is high and the eagerness to please is palpable. As with you, their over-the-top bloviating for true believers is matched only by an eagerness to please their new corporate paymasters. Roop saw the look of eagerness on my face, and stuck close on my heels as the crowd jostled us forward. With a strange combination of excitement, anxiety and eagerness, I rushed toward him as I saw him outside the gate at the airport. But this blond himbo's eagerness to hog credit for the Mystery Gang's success prompts an acrimonious breakup. Show More Sentences As usual these chains, with their eagerness to pay over the odds, will force up rents so that small businesses are squeezed out. The Service Marketeer, who is all eagerness and enthusiasm, is a delight for the customer. Everyone waited with eagerness for the committee's findings and recommendations. From the start, the enthusiasm and eagerness of the coaches had been nothing less than mind-blowing. The couple's career path so far demonstrates their ambition and eagerness to grow their business. Though he missed her dearly, he accepted his new role and took to it with eagerness and dedication. The eagerness almost frightened Anna off, but she also found it incredibly sweet. O'Malley's ability depends largely on his eagerness to dispatch opponents back to the dressing room quickly in sometimes alarming states of dishevelment. His eyes shone with an eagerness and joy that he didn't try to hide. He has an amazing power of recall and an eagerness to state his case. It can't be easy for people to leave home and come to a new place, even when the people in the new place are full of altruism and eagerness to help. The headman reached out as if to grasp the major's arm before he remembered himself and snatched his hand back, but his pathetic eagerness was plain to see. It combines his lapidary style with considerable learning and eagerness. As a result of all that eagerness, Risen argues, the U.S. was hustled by more than a few con artists. The details of each candidate's health care platform will matter a lot less than the candidate's eagerness for the fight. She was a wonderful lady with an eagerness to help the poorest women of Paktika. I explained that, as I saw it, it was her eagerness to be accepted that was putting the United Synagogue off. Leading House Republicans, including Rep. Paul Ryan, have trumpeted their eagerness to force a budget sequester in March. Bush was without a computer for eight years in White House, and has taken to emailing with the eagerness of a new adapter. Grate liberal amounts of Parmesan on top, making sure your eagerness doesn't cause you to scrape the tips of your fingers on your extra sharp cheese grater. Show More Sentences In their eagerness to surpass their rivals, friendly competition between fire companies deteriorated into daily skirmishes and riots between gangs of dandies and rowdies. Also, McConnell's eagerness to rush the announcement out meant that there was still no detail at the end of last week as to when it would actually kick in. On the contrary, a new Populus poll for the Times has suggested such widespread eagerness to appear generous that avowals of altruism occasionally precede the actual act. These individuals may be babes in the woods, but their sincerity and eagerness to please makes them so lovable that people rarely take too much advantage of them. Further obfuscation is caused by Sherry's eagerness to obtrude himself. In his eagerness to greet us, he tumbles down the steps head over heels. From where I sit, that chimes with the man, capturing nicely what seems to be a prickly earnestness and an eagerness to convert everyone to his way of thinking. Unfortunately, his eagerness for good works was rarely shared by others. The voices of his mother and sisters, raised at times in eagerness or expectation of the future, fell upon his unlistening ears. By his own admission, Radcliffe was heavily influenced by his lack of fitness for the Indian climate and his eagerness to depart India. Looming as just as large a concern was the Czechoslovak eagerness to accept the aid, as well as indications of a similar Polish attitude. Americans' eagerness to expand westward prompted a long series of American Indian Wars. The other, the eagerness and ardour with which he was attached to the cause of human happiness and improvement. It ill became him to take advantage of such a laches with the eagerness of a shrewd attorney. Yet here is Speaker Boehner now trumpeting his eagerness for a sequester. The eagerness of most of the world to rehabilitate a rejected Iran would only be matched by its frustration at American sanctimoniousness. The strong points about him are his curiosity, his vitality, his eagerness, and the emotional fervour of his affections. Newman imparts a simplicity and a boyish eagerness to his characters. This also showed Alexander's eagerness to fight, in contrast to his father's preference for diplomacy. What a note of youth, of imagination, of impulsive eagerness, there was through it all! Show More Sentences In its eagerness to attract football fans in the teeth of a global recession, South Africa has been afflicted by a kind of Potemkin village mentality. The two functionaries were all oleaginous smiles and Heepish hand-wringing declaring their eagerness to be of service to such a fine and deserving young person. His eagerness led to him scrapping rest days but after masterminding a derby win over Hibs, Sergio was finally able to give his stars some much-needed time off. Wherefore King Ban and King Bors made them ready, and dressed their shields and harness, and they were so courageous that many knights shook and bevered for eagerness. Bennet's eagerness to have her daughters married off to wealthy men. Its advantages in falconry include not only its athleticism and eagerness to hunt, but an equitable disposition that leads to it being one of the easier falcons to train. Alone among men they covet with equal eagerness poverty and riches. The vendor's financial risk, eagerness, or overeagerness to sell goods or services to the government has no role in the definition of an unauthorized commitment. Additional commissioner of police Amitabh Gupta said though the bandobast was adequate, the eagerness of the rioting aspirants resulted in the tragedy. Examples from Classical Literature The first fervors of the romance of discovery were childlike in their eagerness. But this is as much a matter of circumspection and caution at least as of eagerness and pursuit. The Empress, too, forgets her own consequence, in eagerness to aggrandise her favourite. It was too slow for their eagerness and expectative grants were sought for and made in advance so as to profit by the next victim. It quenches all the eagerness to hear in the three faces, each in its own degree. Taking up the pouch, she handed it to him, and he clutched it with a strange eagerness. Detis collided with the huge Martian in his eagerness to be out of the room. This, for his friend, was a confirmatory touch to be fitted with eagerness into the picture. His resolution of leaving Churchhill is consistent with his general eagerness. In her eagerness, it was as if the halo of joy that surrounded her were quivering. New York was consumed by a quenchless eagerness to look on their conquerors. A sound of craving and eagerness that had nothing articulate in it but blood. The student turns, therefore, with eagerness to such a book as that of Professor Cremer. The balloons were strained, contorted out of all proportion in their eagerness. A part of the battalion, in its eagerness to win the day, went on up the ridge. But in his eagerness to secure the alliance of Florence, he committed the fatal mistake of affronting the Venetians. No stockjobber on 'Change could go about his exciting work with more animating eagerness. In her eagerness she called me stone-blind, whenever I could not see just the fish she meant. The girl's answer was uttered with nervous eagerness which revealed her own stress of fear. His insistence on the point was of itself suspicious, but eagerness to protect her stultified his wits. Show More Sentences He put it in his pocket with the eagerness of one who sharpens a pleasure by deferring it. He liked this eagerness on the part of his boys, and yet there was sadness in his smile, too. Instead of allaying the eagerness of the Emir, the words excited it the more. His mobility, his eagerness, were sometimes now a perplexity, even a pain to her. But what has been sought with eagerness ought to be acknowledged with promptitude. I refused the parfait aux frais and the savoury in my eagerness for the end of the meal. Then he remembered that in his eagerness to get out he had left his knob-kerrie in the donga. But a millionaire's lavishness can only be compared with his eagerness for gain. When Mrs. Terrell rose to speak the air was tense with eagerness and anxiety. As if he had been pleading his own cause, Thayer's voice was full of earnest eagerness. To the blunter and less refined sensibilities of the male there seems something a little indelicate in this impartial eagerness. Louise, rosily alive, and quivering with eagerness, was waiting for her comments. Mojave had brimmed with optimism and pride and accomplishment and eagerness. And Watson's eagerness for the subject itself made him forget to note whether the work was mechanically or manually executed. He blows off his steam with such an eagerness that he forgets for a time, or nearly forgets, his cacography. She was trembling with eagerness, but the station agent stood on my other side, and he was woodenly stolid. The spectacle greatly increased the eagerness of all onboard the frigate to take part in the work. Their patience and eagerness in trying to correct a mispronunciation were touching. With what eagerness did I run every morning at sunrise to respire the perfumed air in the peristyle! When we were on the street again, calliope looked at me with her way of shy eagerness. Show More Sentences She was looking up sidewise into Mather's face, studying it with a vixenish eagerness. This is clearly proven by their general eagerness to re-engage the former employes of this company. They were evidently in chase of him, with as much eagerness as he was in chase of the catamaran. All of a sudden Don began to tremble with eagerness and nuzzle and sniff among the roots of the grass. He laid a hand unsteady with its tremor of delight and young eagerness upon the vitta and it slipped off her hair. Ichabod's flimsy garments fluttered in the air, as he stretched his long lank body away over his horse's head, in the eagerness of his flight. At once the Princess was aflutter with eagerness and excitement. He was agog with joy and eagerness to tell her the good news. Nevertheless, Jimmy was all atingle with enthusiasm and eagerness. But her rich tones were full of a genuine eagerness that belied the look. Jones nodded affirmation of his words, sighed and evidenced unmistakable signs of eagerness to go. Old bots is pawing the earth and snorting his eagerness to help out. Newbury read it first with eagerness, then with a clouded brow. With the quiet relinquishment of this long-cherished dream, eagerness for the realization of an even more precious one took possession of her. Their heads were bent forward, they were animated by a suppressed eagerness, their eyes flashed avariciously. I was all eagerness to see his face, but he kept it averted for some time while employed in unlacing the bag's mouth. Only expectation, and eagerness to get at the Tories dominated them. The lawyer, therefore, leaned forward with a semblance of frank eagerness. And it was with eagerness that I accepted the touching invitation. She opened her eyes with a gleam of eagerness to hear the words. Show More Sentences In his eagerness, he saw no one save the woman whom he loved. Obstacles will only increase his eagerness and multiply his artifices. But the eagerness was all gone from his, and only the pallor left. His eagerness to humble Eck made him believe an impossibility. Their eagerness was emulative, and made them rapid in their haste. Her eagerness, her impatience, her longings to be with them, were such as to bring a line or two of Cowper's Tirocinium for ever before her. It might have been a lost soul wailing, had it not been invested with a certain sad fierceness and hungry eagerness. They took the scent into the heart of it, evincing great eagerness. They went into the house, the doctor flinging open the door with an eagerness that Genestas attributed to his pleasure at receiving a boarder. My eagerness was daunted, but yet I would not be fubbed off. His eyes blazed with delight, and he sprang in a passion of eagerness to an adjoining room in which stood a young mechanic who was assisting him. I inquired, with an eagerness which seemed to amuse the sepoy. As the carriage drove in, Eva seemed like a bird ready to burst from a cage, with the wild eagerness of her delight. He put the question with an eagerness that seemed all sincere. The two children rushed with eagerness and vigor down the slops. But there came a time when the buck's ears lifted and tensed with swift eagerness for sound. He is carried on by his own solicitudes and his own eagerness. Captain Wragge watched the postmaster's hands, as they sorted the letters in the box, with breathless eagerness. In his eagerness he had struck a subaqueous pipe of the jet. And as for your life, it is forfeit to your eagerness to buy my herd of cattle so cheaply. Show More Sentences With what intemperate eagerness would the people flock to see it! Baston, unglued from the wall, spoke up with his usual pompous eagerness. With what eagerness the sailors must have kept on the lookout! So intent was his eagerness that a strange kind of lucidity possessed him. But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope. There is a feverish eagerness in his eyes, a tremulousness in his voice. He took to flight, and they followed him over hill and dale, with the eagerness and per-severance of starving men. There was no eagerness or uplift or even trouble at the name of Jeff. His large blue eyes flashed, and he gestured with an unconscious eagerness. It should have been seen with what eagerness the marshy glebes of Holland were turned over. As I walked behind the Xosa, I was all aglow with eagerness. He did not care to fish, and displayed no eagerness to go out and kill grosbecs when Gaston proposed doing so. Harling's old coats, and in these she went padding about after Charley, fairly panting with eagerness to please him. He read it with eagerness and pleasure till he came to the postscript. Even my preternatural eagerness could not discern who they were! She made rapid progress and charmed everybody with her prettiness, her grace of manner and her genuine eagerness to please. Too great eagerness to requite an obligation is a kind of ingratitude. It seemed half maniacal, it was so ridged with bright eagerness. Didn't we say she is indefinably a mix of raw glamour and schoolgirl eagerness? He spoke insistently, almost pleading with her in his eagerness to cover up that yawning silence. Show More Sentences The eagerness of a listener quickens the tongue of a narrator. Obtaining the permission he desired, he darted off with breathless eagerness, and, still carrying the birdcage in his hand, made straight towards the spot. On the contrary, he sat rather mute and receptive before her chatty eagerness to make him feel at home and in face of Gaston's frank and wordy hospitality. They thronged, however, to the now open door, pressing the lieutenant-governor, in the eagerness of their curiosity, into the room in advance of them. And taking the candle down beside him, Mr Squeers, with great eagerness and a cunning grin overspreading his face, entered upon his task of examination. Of this scene, Duncan, who, in his eagerness to report his arrival, had entered unannounced, stood many moments an unobserved and a delighted spectator. She was obliged to break off from these very pleasant observations, which were otherwise of a sort to run into great length, by the eagerness of Harriet's wondering questions. I felt the greatest eagerness to hear the promised narrative, partly from curiosity and partly from a strong desire to ameliorate his fate if it were in my power. These words redoubled the eagerness of D'Artagnan, who urged his horse, though he stood in need of no incitement, and they proceeded at a rapid pace. The veteran seized the offered paper, without waiting for Duncan to translate the speech, and with an eagerness that betrayed how important he deemed its contents. It showed an eagerness for adventure, a readiness for the hand-to-mouth, which the care she took of her home and her love of good housewifery made not a little remarkable. She was pleased with the eagerness to arrive which had made him alter his plan, and travel earlier, later, and quicker, that he might gain half a day. The stage-manager, with an eagerness which he had not shown in the case of any other member of the company, interfered immediately, and set her right. Mademoiselle, you will not, I trust, think my eagerness importunate. Find more words! 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What is the opposite of eagerness? Words that rhyme with eagerness What is the plural of eagerness? What is the adverb for eagerness? What is the adjective for eagerness? What is the noun for eagerness? Translations for eagerness Use our Sentence Generator Nearby Words eagerly waiting eagerly awaiting eagerly awaited eagerly anticipating eagerly eager beaver eager to eagle Eagle eagle eye eagle-eye eagle-eyed 9-letter Words Starting With e ea eag eage eager eagern eagerne eagernes