eagerness
Example Sentences
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The market timers’ eagerness to instead believe that the worst is over is more reminiscent of the “slope of hope” that markets slide down.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026
Interestingly, despite her apparent eagerness to hold on to her California property, Simpson had previously expressed a desire to quit the Golden State once and for all.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026
“Children’s eagerness to eat was a cross-class phenomenon then,” she relates, “just as pickiness is a cross-class phenomenon now.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
Numerous studies have found that in its eagerness to agree with the user, the model validated unhealthy or dangerous behaviour, and even led people to delusional thinking.
From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026
Those initial dazed expressions long since evaporated, the special recruits were all eagerness now, and both had greedy glints in their eyes.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
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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