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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And after five straight losses on the road, fans are eager for a Red Sox reset.
—Juli McDonald, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
Advertisers are eager for Guthrie to come back to the show, says one media buyer who helps decide how to allocate commercial dollars to TV programs.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 3 Apr. 2026
In districts with higher concentrations of low-income voters, there are fewer Democratic lawmakers eager to support costly, far-reaching environmental policies than there used to be.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
In a movie about two women who intuitively understand each other, Brandt and Trebs are charmingly oafish as men who are eager to fix a dishwasher but less keen on how to repair trauma.
—Jake Coyle, Boston Herald, 3 Apr. 2026
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Juli McDonald, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
Advertisers are eager for Guthrie to come back to the show, says one media buyer who helps decide how to allocate commercial dollars to TV programs.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 3 Apr. 2026
In districts with higher concentrations of low-income voters, there are fewer Democratic lawmakers eager to support costly, far-reaching environmental policies than there used to be.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
In a movie about two women who intuitively understand each other, Brandt and Trebs are charmingly oafish as men who are eager to fix a dishwasher but less keen on how to repair trauma.
—Jake Coyle, Boston Herald, 3 Apr. 2026
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“Eager.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eager. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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