eagerly
Example Sentences
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"You can clap now," a Downing Street official with a clipboard instructed the staff eagerly lining the halls of No 10 in the moments before the new prime minister walked in.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
"We're now eagerly waiting to see if a new island is about to be born -- something that we've only rarely been able to observe with satellites as it happens," Garvin said.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026
My father eagerly defended his country without asking for anything in return.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
The court, in an eagerly awaited decision on the final day of its term, ruled 6-3 to maintain the right to American citizenship for nearly everyone born on US soil.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
She pressed her face eagerly to the window.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
