be desirous of
Example Sentences
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But passion can be desirous of the craziest things.
From Slate • Sep. 14, 2015
Both professed, under all their shifts and turns, to be desirous of serving France.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various
He was too old and settled in life to be desirous of new friendships.
From Marion Fay by Trollope, Anthony
When thou shalt have tasted this love, thou wilt forget and despise, for its sake, all the world, and be desirous of nothing else but of this love.
From True Christianity by Arndt, Johann
The pair stopped a moment, and the man seemed to be desirous of fastening it in the girl’s dress.
From The Dust of Conflict by Bindloss, Harold
