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
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
All intelligent people, of course, will be desirous of giving all useful information of a character that cannot be used to their injury, but can be used for the benefit of society at large.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany by Ingersoll, Robert Green
Let him not hesitate to deliver himself of that which he hath thought to tell thee; but be desirous of removing his injury.
From The Instruction of Ptah-Hotep and the Instruction of Ke'Gemni The Oldest Books in the World by Ptahhotep
