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Recent Examples of desirous The spacey Pisces Moon squares desirous Venus at 10:43 am EDT, luring us toward entertaining distractions. Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 30 May 2024 With the desirous Moon in your 9th House of Adventure, you may be tempted to go somewhere outside your usual stomping grounds. Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2024 Hybrid annual monkey flowers, although somewhat thirsty and, come summer, desirous of partial shade, are stunningly colorful, appearing in violet, orange, yellow, pink, and red. Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 20 Apr. 2024 But that desirous result eludes screenwriters Coen and Tricia Cooke. Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2024 See All Example Sentences for desirous
Recent Examples of Synonyms for desirous
Adjective
  • His new kick-change has been a nice weapon against lefties and Taillon is excited about the pitch.
    Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Kolache fans headed to Florida's Gulf Coast shouldn't get too excited yet, though.
    Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • But Hilton could be eager for a showdown with Harris.
    Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2025
  • The market is eager for trade deals that can help remove some of the worst-case scenarios before the tariffs inflict serious damage on the economy.
    Jeff Marks, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Most people – even the most avid birders and aviculturists – have never seen nor even heard about these Neotropical parrots, and to the best of my knowledge, they are not kept in any zoo collections.
    GrrlScientist, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
  • Most avid Springsteen fans would agree that the Hulu film offers the most in-depth look at the man and his process ever recorded.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Professionally, Xavier is anxious about future tax exposure from his deferred compensation.
    Brian Lasher, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Another reason people put off going to bed is to avoid feeling anxious or restless, said James Rowley, MD, a sleep medicine expert at Rush University Medical Center and spokesperson for the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.
    Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Clarkson previously told Billboard that Martin was enthusiastic about the pitch from the start.
    Jessica Wang, EW.com, 1 May 2025
  • Once the team saw concrete productivity improvements, skepticism shifted to enthusiastic adoption.
    Vivek Vishal, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
Adjective
  • From an investment standpoint, the Mavericks head coach has been keen on football for some time.
    Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Banerji talked up the success of The Shadow Strays and Hunger, the latter of which hit No. 1 worldwide, but also was keen to stress the company’s firsts for the region, notably producing Outside, the first Filipino zombie movie that was released in 2024.
    Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Elon Musk, who was one of President Donald Trump's most ardent supporters in the lead-up to his election victory, did not donate any money toward his inauguration, a Federal Election Commission (FEC) filing shows.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Some political observers hope that Trump single-handedly inflicting deep financial pain on the world might break the spell among his most ardent supporters.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2025

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“Desirous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desirous. Accessed 5 May. 2025.

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