eagerness
Example Sentences
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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
Even unrelated, low-skill jobs on a résumé can be valuable for entry-level candidates, reflecting an eagerness to work hard and succeed, Shafransky told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 19, 2026
But you can still discern the same rush, the same eagerness to assume that everything is going to turn out great without taking many steps to make sure that it does.
From Slate ● Jun. 4, 2026
He suggested the Portugal international was prioritising individual assists glory over the team's interests in his eagerness to set the single-season record.
From BBC ● May 25, 2026
Nathan was half-despondent, half-eager, and somehow the eagerness alone communicated itself to me.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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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