eagerly
adverb
eagerness
noun
Examples of eager in a Sentence
… wine connoisseurs eager to visit cellars and late-fall pilgrims seeking the increasingly rare white truffle …
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Corby Kummer, Atlantic, August 2000
… so many religions were steeped in an absolutist frame of mind—each convinced that it alone had a monopoly on the truth and therefore eager for the state to impose this truth on others.
—Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World, 1996
She was eager to get started.
The crowd was eager for more.
Corby Kummer, Atlantic, August 2000
… so many religions were steeped in an absolutist frame of mind—each convinced that it alone had a monopoly on the truth and therefore eager for the state to impose this truth on others.
—Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World, 1996
She was eager to get started.
The crowd was eager for more.
Recent Examples on the Web
With deep pockets and thousands of eager worshippers hanging on their every word each Sunday, what does their church garb look like?
—Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 3 May 2025
But unlike in the cases of Depp or Simpson, eager trial watchers will have to rely on courtroom sketches and reporter dispatches from inside, as cameras have been shut out of the proceedings.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 3 May 2025
These Leafs weren’t celebrating like a young team, eager to taste playoff success for the first time.
—Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 2 May 2025
The Met Gala serves as a fundraiser for The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and viewers eager to see the red carpet can tune in a couple of different ways.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 2 May 2025
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Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 3 May 2025
But unlike in the cases of Depp or Simpson, eager trial watchers will have to rely on courtroom sketches and reporter dispatches from inside, as cameras have been shut out of the proceedings.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 3 May 2025
These Leafs weren’t celebrating like a young team, eager to taste playoff success for the first time.
—Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 2 May 2025
The Met Gala serves as a fundraiser for The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and viewers eager to see the red carpet can tune in a couple of different ways.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 2 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for eager
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“Eager.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eager. Accessed 10 May. 2025.
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