eagerly
adverb
eagerness
noun
Examples of eager in a Sentence
… wine connoisseurs eager to visit cellars and late-fall pilgrims seeking the increasingly rare white truffle …
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Corby Kummer, Atlantic, August 2000
… so many religions were steeped in an absolutist frame of mind—each convinced that it alone had a monopoly on the truth and therefore eager for the state to impose this truth on others.
—Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World, 1996
She was eager to get started.
The crowd was eager for more.
Corby Kummer, Atlantic, August 2000
… so many religions were steeped in an absolutist frame of mind—each convinced that it alone had a monopoly on the truth and therefore eager for the state to impose this truth on others.
—Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World, 1996
She was eager to get started.
The crowd was eager for more.
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Canada is also the largest foreign supplier of steel, aluminum and uranium to the U.S. and has 34 critical minerals and metals that the Pentagon is eager for and investing for national security.
—Rob Gillies, Chicago Tribune, 6 Mar. 2025
Businesses weren’t hiring as much, folks weren’t as eager to quit and those without jobs were staying on the sidelines for longer.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN, 6 Mar. 2025
Still, companies are eager to force folding screens into more types of devices, with the tech already expanding from phones to PCs and monitors.
—Ars Technica, 6 Mar. 2025
The show had quickly found an eager audience on weekend mornings, and Kutler is banking that a weekday evening audience will latch onto the format as well.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Mar. 2025
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Rob Gillies, Chicago Tribune, 6 Mar. 2025
Businesses weren’t hiring as much, folks weren’t as eager to quit and those without jobs were staying on the sidelines for longer.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN, 6 Mar. 2025
Still, companies are eager to force folding screens into more types of devices, with the tech already expanding from phones to PCs and monitors.
—Ars Technica, 6 Mar. 2025
The show had quickly found an eager audience on weekend mornings, and Kutler is banking that a weekday evening audience will latch onto the format as well.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for eager
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“Eager.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eager. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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