EAGER in a Sentence
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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.
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.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of EAGER
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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.
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.
3 "Tomorrow," said Cathleen quietly and there was something in her voice which took the eager smiles from their faces.
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.
5 Belle put an eager placating hand on Melanie's arm and then hastily withdrew it.
6 He looked so queer, eager, hurt, mocking.
7 Turning quickly she frequently caught him watching her, an alert, eager, waiting look in his eyes.
8 He stopped abruptly and the eager light faded from his face.
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.
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.
11 She came forward smiling, eager almost, in her resolve to intercept him.
12 Well, she would not be too eager in this case; she would give her suitor a longer taste of suspense.
13 It was as if the eager current of her being had been checked by a sudden obstacle which drove it back upon itself.
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.
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.
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.