EAGER in a Sentence

Learn EAGER from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
247 example sentences for EAGER, such as:
1. He's a bright kid and eager to learn.
2. He looked so queer, eager, hurt, mocking.
3. Everyone in the class seemed eager to learn.
4. Marion spoke, eager to break the tense silence.
5. He was intensely eager, indeed avid, for wealth.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of EAGER
eager
 a.  having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy
 n.  a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  She did not care for the eager competition furnished by the sixteen-year-olds whose fresh cheeks and bright smiles made one forget their twice-turned frocks and patched shoes.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
2  On their way to Mimosa and eager for home, they only stopped a moment at Tara to kiss the girls and give them news of the surrender.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
3  "Tomorrow," said Cathleen quietly and there was something in her voice which took the eager smiles from their faces.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
4  After she had unsuccessfully canvassed the town and refused the importuning of many eager Carpetbaggers, she finally decided to take Tommy's suggestion and ask Hugh Elsing.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
5  Belle put an eager placating hand on Melanie's arm and then hastily withdrew it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVI
6  He looked so queer, eager, hurt, mocking.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
7  Turning quickly she frequently caught him watching her, an alert, eager, waiting look in his eyes.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVIII
8  He stopped abruptly and the eager light faded from his face.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LIII
9  She insisted that Scarlett go driving in the afternoons, little though Scarlett wished to expose herself to the eager curious gaze of her fellow townspeople.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LV
10  Only the new friends came calling in their shining carriages, anxious to tell her of their sympathy, eager to divert her with gossip about other new friends in whom she was not at all interested.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LX
11  She came forward smiling, eager almost, in her resolve to intercept him.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 1
12  Well, she would not be too eager in this case; she would give her suitor a longer taste of suspense.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 6
13  It was as if the eager current of her being had been checked by a sudden obstacle which drove it back upon itself.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 8
14  Under Morpeth's guidance her vivid plastic sense, hitherto nurtured on no higher food than dress-making and upholstery, found eager expression in the disposal of draperies, the study of attitudes, the shifting of lights and shadows.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 12
15  Happily Van Alstyne prided himself on his summing up of social aspects, and with Selden for audience was eager to show the sureness of his touch.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 14
Example Sentence: (37 in 3 pages)
1  Haig was desperately eager for an affirmative answer.
2  She waited in eager anticipation for Robert to arrive.
3  All the children listened to his adventures with eager attention.
4  The President is eager to avoid a head-on clash with Congress over his health policies.
5  There is a great deal of difference between the eager man who wants to read a book, and the tired man who wants a book to read.
6  Marion spoke, eager to break the tense silence.
7  The government is eager to attract foreign capital.
8  Everyone in the class seemed eager to learn.
9  The girl in the shop is always eager to please every customer.
10  These are status-hungry beings eager to define a place in the world for themselves and for others.
11  We look forward to your lecture with eager anticipation.
12  He was eager to get out of the ruck and distinguish himself in some way.
13  He was intensely eager, indeed avid, for wealth.
14  Many states bordering on the EU are eager to join.
15  He's a bright kid and eager to learn.