eager to please
Example Sentences
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“Grok was too compliant to user prompts. Too eager to please and be manipulated, essentially,” Musk said in a post at the time.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026
Breeds with low levels were most often labeled "friendly," followed by "eager to please," "easy to train," "courageous," "lively," and "affectionate."
From Science Daily • Nov. 29, 2025
Company owner Elon Musk said on X that the chatbot was “too eager to please and be manipulated,” an issue that would be addressed.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 11, 2025
But the Americans should also not expect Mr Xi to be arriving hat in hand and eager to please.
From BBC • Nov. 14, 2023
I felt sick inside as I looked at his dull, vacuous smile—the wide, bright eyes of a child, uncertain but eager to please, and I realized what I had recognized in him.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
