How to Use eager in a Sentence
eager
adjective- The crowd was eager for more.
- She was eager to get started.
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Sorry, no one’s eager for the stuff in your brush in the U.S.
— Jessica Chia, Allure, 16 Feb. 2018 -
For now, Van Slett said the staff is eager to help the cubs grow.
— Dallas News, 30 Sep. 2020 -
Mainieri is eager to see some of the tweaks Dunn has made.
— Ron Higgins, NOLA.com, 2 Apr. 2018 -
But the Time Cave team was eager to wrap up the mission.
— D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2024 -
Hill will head back to home in the South Bay, eager for a hot bath and a soft bed.
— Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2023 -
Most of them seemed ready, if not quite eager, to move on.
— Ian Volner, The New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2021 -
The servers, all masked, were all super-eager to wait on me.
— Polly Campbell, Cincinnati.com, 21 May 2020 -
For his part, Richardson seems eager to come back to the show.
— Selome Hailu, Variety, 10 Apr. 2022 -
Ridge View kids, for their part, seem eager to see how the rest of the year unfolds.
— Brandon Tensley, CNN, 2 Oct. 2022 -
That doesn’t mean the Warriors are eager to part with him.
— Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 May 2023 -
Banks has been eager to make a third film for some time now.
— Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 1 Nov. 2022 -
This team is eager to get started and put all their hard work to the test.
— Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 6 Jan. 2023 -
The Leo sun and North Node are eager to help expand your world.
— USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2023 -
Trump has been eager to get back on the campaign trail for weeks.
— W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner, 12 June 2020 -
O’Connor said the team remains eager to fight for its spot.
— Julia Poe, Pro Soccer USA, 17 Sep. 2019 -
Sycamore was eager to answer the Vikings' strong start.
— J.l. Kirven, The Enquirer, 5 Sep. 2020 -
The White House has been eager to put Palestine on the back-burner.
— Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 13 Oct. 2023 -
Folks are ready and eager to make the most of the festivities.
— Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 16 Nov. 2021 -
Many people are eager to help and just need to be asked.
— Laurie Archbald-Pannone, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2020 -
Here, and is also eager to head back to Vegas for the slate of new dates.
— Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2023 -
The fifth-year manager was eager to see what the 27-year-old’s stuff would look like out of the bullpen.
— Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 20 Sep. 2023 -
And Weaver is eager to use Williams as a resource in the future as well.
— Detroit Free Press, 20 June 2023 -
Many of those kids were very eager to return to school.
— Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2021 -
He was spotted three runs by a Tigers team that seemed eager to hand over the game.
— Kristie Ackert, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2022 -
Abbott wasn’t as eager to discuss that side of the deal.
— David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2024 -
After the shoot was over, Roumie was eager to make nice and hold Penelope.
— Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2023 -
Many groups are comprised of a mix of people eager to learn how to play and ones rediscovering the joys of the game.
— Rob Wieland, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024 -
The eager crowd squealed and cheered the moment these two beauties—and their supportive boyfriends—stepped into view.
— Akili King, Essence, 4 Nov. 2024
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