How to Use interested in a Sentence

interested

adjective
  • I'm interested to hear what you have to say.
  • The plan will have to be approved by all interested parties.
  • I'd be interested to learn more about his background.
  • I asked him if he wanted to play tennis, but he said he wasn't interested.
  • The listeners were all greatly interested in the lecture.
  • I was very interested to learn that she had once lived in California.
  • None of them seemed to be in a hurry or to be interested in the others.
    Jonathan Franzen, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
  • Male flies are less interested in these smells as a sign of food.
    Christine Picard, Discover Magazine, 9 Sep. 2023
  • O’Brien takes a firmly closed door and opens it just a tiny crack if the Krafts are interested.
    Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Doja Cat seems to have a new man in her life — and she’s been interested in him for a while.
    Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 19 Aug. 2024
  • The Bruins would be among at least a dozen interested bidders if Stamkos opts out of the Bay.
    Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2023
  • The problem is the industry has changed and no one is interested in the song – or Claude.
    Jaden Thompson, Variety, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Omar is less interested in stoking the flames of his feuds.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 12 May 2023
  • There’s a lot of interested parties for all the right reasons.
    oregonlive, 21 July 2023
  • Madison doesn't seem to be interested in Allen in the least bit, but the poor guy is trying to impress her.
    Sonia Granados, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Phil takes an interested look at all the action, then grabs a huge handful of candy from the bowl by the door and heads out.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 29 Oct. 2024
  • There would have to have been some warning signs for the parent that the child could possibly be interested in the gun and take the gun to school.
    Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Still, there's a lot of consumers in the United States that have not cruised and are interested in cruising.
    Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2023
  • There is simply a whole lot of Suits to watch for anyone interested.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The Cowboys may be interested in an Owens, in this case, Terrell.
    Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2022
  • And then there's a lot of U.S. investors very interested in the decline of TikTok, so that's going on behind the scenes at the same time.
    CBS News, 19 Mar. 2023
  • That said, the Rodeo moves at its own pace happily—like a marathoner who can go the distance but isn't interested in the sprints.
    Arthur St. Antoine, Car and Driver, 18 June 2023
  • But that doesn’t mean the others aren’t interested in reprising their roles.
    Leah Campano, Seventeen, 18 May 2023
  • Jojo took to it at a young age, and is real interested.
    Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
  • In their wake, countless groups have come crawling out of the woodwork, but much of the new-school shoegaze this year felt less focused on the past and more interested in the here and now.
    Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Disney has long been rumored to be interested in a Texas theme park.
    Dallas News, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Those interested in seeing the sketches can sign up at the front desk and receive a text when their turn arrives.
    Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2023
  • Would Lyonne be interested in doing it for that amount of time?
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Which only got me more interested in writing about you.
    Ayad Akhtar, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2024
  • For companies, this eliminates the headache of sorting through the vast number of potential investment partners to find those interested in the sector.
    Wayne Cantwell, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024

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