eager
Example Sentences
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Apprehensive yet eager for human connection, she poignantly can’t find the courage to leave her refuge with a lover who passes through.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
The party was eager to claim Zhu’s legacy of economic reform.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
For years, she read tarot cards for tourists who poured out of cruise ships eager to learn of new loves or fabulous riches.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
He remembered being an anxious child who was "always keen to please" and eager to avoid conflict - traits he still recognises in himself today.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
She had saved Miss Mortimer’s card for last, precisely because it was the one she was most eager to read.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing eager
The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 5
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The New SAT: Words to Capture Tone
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