zeal
Example Sentences
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After a life-threatening case of sepsis, she's thrown herself back into that world with determined zeal.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
His reforming zeal made him sympathetic to the Americans but would later come to seem discredited by the violent populism of the French Revolution.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
By the following month, the zeal had died out, partly due to a valuation correction in software.
From Barron's ● May 19, 2026
There are others, though, whose own zeal and blind ambition are obvious.
From Salon ● Apr. 12, 2026
Tante Jans seized the pot and glared into it with righteous zeal.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Vocabulary lists containing zeal
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