ZEAL in a Sentence
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52 example sentences for ZEAL, such as:
1. They were animated by religious zeal.
2. She had a kind of missionary zeal about bringing culture to the masses.
3. Setting the example himself, the scout engaged in the scrutiny with renewed zeal.
4. I'm afraid your Uncle Henry has a black eye due to Mr. Merriwether's zeal for his part.
5. So he displayed the zeal of an insane sprinter in his purpose to keep them in the rear.
2. She had a kind of missionary zeal about bringing culture to the masses.
3. Setting the example himself, the scout engaged in the scrutiny with renewed zeal.
4. I'm afraid your Uncle Henry has a black eye due to Mr. Merriwether's zeal for his part.
5. So he displayed the zeal of an insane sprinter in his purpose to keep them in the rear.
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Meanings and Examples of ZEAL
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zeal
n. intense interest; eagerness to accomplish some object
Classic Sentence: (48 in 4 pages)
1 I'm afraid your Uncle Henry has a black eye due to Mr. Merriwether's zeal for his part.
2 It had been preceded by an equal zeal for socialism, which had in turn replaced an energetic advocacy of Christian Science.
3 In such emergencies, Judy would usually have turned to Lily to fuse the discordant elements; and Miss Bart, assuming that such a service was expected of her, threw herself into it with her accustomed zeal.
4 Carol did not recover her zeal till two days after, when she tried Mrs. George Edwin Mott, wife of the superintendent of schools.
5 I had never seen her so energetic; she was panting with zeal, and the perspiration stood in drops on her short, yielding upper lip.
6 There can be no possible belief that these people were inspired by any consuming zeal to vindicate God's law against miscegnationists of the most practical sort.
7 It was quite touching, the zeal of people to see that his health and happiness were provided for.
8 Animated by the words, and stimulated by the examples of their leaders, they had found their courage, and maintained their ancient reputation, with a zeal that did justice to the stern character of their commander.
9 Setting the example himself, the scout engaged in the scrutiny with renewed zeal.
10 In short, the manifestations of zeal and fierce delight were so great and unequivocal, that the expedition was declared to be a war of the nation.
11 So he displayed the zeal of an insane sprinter in his purpose to keep them in the rear.
12 That's my mind, said the good lady, breaking suddenly out with a tide of zeal that had been gaining strength in her mind all the morning.
13 If any part of the dinner was a failure, there were fifty indisputably good reasons for it; and it was the fault undeniably of fifty other people, whom Dinah berated with unsparing zeal.
14 We hindered and repressed a great deal of cruelty, and congratulated ourselves on doing a vast deal of good, till, as often happens, my zeal overacted.
15 The under-servants, who were called on to effect this movement, were running and bustling about with great zeal and confusion, when Legree returned from a ride.
Example Sentence:
1 There is a holy, mistaken zeal in politics, as well as religion, by per-suading others we convince.
2 She had a kind of missionary zeal about bringing culture to the masses.
3 They were animated by religious zeal.
4 Katya's zeal was contagious; soon all her fellow students were busily making posters, inspired by her ardent enthusiasm for the cause.