eagerness
Example Sentences
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At G20 trade talks in Milwaukee, Greer struck a conciliatory tone, saying there was an "eagerness on both sides to work together" on the diesel issue.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
The eagerness the players showed shocked Alhamad, with all of the squad, except Jaiden Bartolo who is on international duty, agreeing to go within an hour.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
In that moment, our eagerness must have seemed like her reward.
From Slate ● Sep. 3, 2026
Mr. Gervais, whose eagerness to offend has made him something of a polarizing comic commodity, isn’t doing anything here that will damage his brand as a provocateur.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
He seemed harmless, but I couldn’t shake the feeling that his accommodating manner, his eagerness to help us, was masking something unpleasant, something more sinister in him.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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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