eagerness
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"Eagerness, excitement, anxiousness, to give this organization and the Jones family everything they invested in," Prescott said.
From Fox News • Mar. 10, 2021
Eagerness, anxiety, and even fear came into it in turn, but always mingling with some scorn that dominated her.
From The Three Partners by Harte, Bret
And such is the Nature of Man, that if he has all he desires he is no longer delighted; but if ought is with-held, he is still in Eagerness, and full of Curiosity.
From A Full Enquiry into the Nature of the Pastoral (1717) by Purney, Thomas
My Affections are so strongly engaged, and my Fears are so raised, by what I have already read, that I cannot express my Eagerness to see the rest.
From Fielding by Dobson, Austin
Eagerness is apt to overlook Consequences, it is loth to be stopt in its Career; for when Men are in great haste, they see only in a straight Line.
From A Character of King Charles the Second by Halifax, George Savile, Marquis of
Vocabulary lists containing eagerness
A Single Shard
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The Suffix -ness, Part 1
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Greed
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