as in excited
showing urgent desire or interest
Tom was eager to try out his new pair of skis
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Recent Examples of eager
She was joined by three eager area high school students originally from Latin America.
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Michal Ruprecht, NPR, 13 July 2025
Earnings seasons get going in earnest over the coming week, with Wall Street eager to find out how much of the tariff are impacting margins.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 13 July 2025
Felix is happy to see Jess and receptive, even eager, to admit to his own part in all of it, too.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 11 July 2025
Nashville While reservations are not yet available for the Nashville location online, there is a reservation waitlist for eager customers.
—Hadley Hitson, The Tennessean, 11 July 2025
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Michal Ruprecht, NPR, 13 July 2025
Earnings seasons get going in earnest over the coming week, with Wall Street eager to find out how much of the tariff are impacting margins.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 13 July 2025
Felix is happy to see Jess and receptive, even eager, to admit to his own part in all of it, too.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 11 July 2025
Nashville While reservations are not yet available for the Nashville location online, there is a reservation waitlist for eager customers.
—Hadley Hitson, The Tennessean, 11 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for eager
Recent Examples of Synonyms for eager
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Why some tattoo artists push back against AI tattoo machines Of course, not everyone is excited about this change.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
14 July 2025
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The actress, 32, spoke with PEOPLE on the red carpet at the Los Angeles premiere of her new film Smurfs and shared that her kids — son Kingston, 4, and daughter Jackson, 2 — are going to be very excited to see their mom on the big screen.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
14 July 2025
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The fans who showed up at the Intuit Dome were enthusiastic enough, especially when the in-game host fired them up, but the matchups between geographic neighbors Palm Beach and Miami, and L.A. and San Diego, don’t exactly scream rivalry.—
Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
13 July 2025
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Peggy meets a handsome doctor from Newport whose family is less than enthusiastic about her career.—
Billie Melissa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 July 2025
Adjective
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According to several tributes online and a GoFundMe, Stewart was a former marine biologist who was an avid outdoors enthusiast.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
People.com,
18 July 2025
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The center is named after MaryAnn Wright, chair of the Friends for Animals of Metro Detroit Board of Directors and an avid supporter and significant donor to the organization.—
Ava Nightingale,
Freep.com,
18 July 2025
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The choice of name was coincidental but Lee and Kirby were anxious to avoid any connection to radical politics.—
Ekow Eshun
July 11,
Literary Hub,
11 July 2025
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My expectation is that the veteran who has been in the Octagon against some of the heaviest hitters in the UFC’s heavyweight division is going to be anxious to test the young man who only has 35 seconds of UFC fight time to his name.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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Shi is particularly keen to dive deeply into conversation with Benioff on precisely these points.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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Motherwell finished third in the Scottish Premier League that season, behind Celtic and Rangers, and while McGhee was keen not to lean too much on a ‘do it for Phil’ message, that clearly hung over the squad for the whole season.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
10 July 2025
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“Eager.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eager. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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