zeal
Example Sentences
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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
But Elham, a contentious and fiercely competitive student, suspects that Marjan’s zeal for anglophone culture, including Hollywood romantic comedies, masks a resentment for the Iranian life she is now stuck with.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026
But the important difference comes in the fact that most of the country doesn’t share their zeal.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
But when she got up to put away her tray, someone picked up the chant again, though not with quite the same zeal.
From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin
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