eagerness
Example Sentences
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In that moment, our eagerness must have seemed like her reward.
From Slate ● Sep. 3, 2026
"I've seen him with this eagerness to show himself. He will have a chance during the pre-season. He came one week earlier and I hope we can see him in a good place," said Iraola.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
Bonilla’s agent, Dennis Gilbert, leveraged the Mets’ eagerness to cut ties with his client, getting them to agree to defer payments for 10 years at 8% interest, then spread them over 25 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Prosecutors portrayed Bolton as driven by his eagerness to memorialize his day-to-day life in Trump’s first term.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
The children, whose tendency to get carried away was exceeded only by their eagerness to please, looked crestfallen.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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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