How to Use zealous in a Sentence

zealous

adjective

• The detective was zealous in her pursuit of the kidnappers.
• But the cost and crowds may deter the less zealous among us.
  — Josie Sexton, The Know, 3 Dec. 2019
• The stakes are not high enough here to justify the zealous tone of the film.
  — Kyle Smith, National Review, 28 Sep. 2020
• Safe to say, his zealous fans have been doing just that.
  — Griselda Flores, Billboard, 21 July 2022
• Any over-zealous methods to speed things up can backfire in the long run.
  — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 1 June 2018
• This would likely make the views of those who remain even more zealous.
  — Kara Alaimo, CNN, 18 Oct. 2022
• Down that road lies a world in which only the most zealous sign up for public service.
  — James Hohmann, Washington Post, 25 June 2018
• Hashimoto and his crew were zealous in their desire to sink a warship.
  — Tony Perry, latimes.com, 6 July 2018
• The problem is the over-zealous VID spit out by the motherboard.
  — Mark Walton, Ars Technica, 5 Oct. 2017
• Haley came down hard on the zealous newcomer in what was perhaps the most pointed exchange of the evening.
  — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
• Victims have a right to a zealous advocate on their behalf.
  — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 27 June 2022
• Such a zealous swipe at royal standing could prove a threat to the Targaryen monarchy.
  — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 21 Aug. 2022
• No female professor would have made such a zealous claim.
  — Caroline Freund, Teen Vogue, 22 Sep. 2017
• The films recognize the impact of the zealous anti-choice movement in varying tones and degrees.
  — Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya, refinery29.com, 20 Oct. 2020
• One zealous faction of this group was based in Baltimore.
  — Time, 30 Apr. 2020
• Her whole life was in front of her and it was taken from her by racist, under trained, over zealous, lying cops.
  — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2023
• Riseborough’s zealous approach to her craft has always suggested the mind of a fine artist at work.
  — Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2023
• Low-dose naltrexone has lurked for years on the fringes of medicine, and its zealous advocates worry it may be stuck there.
  — Alex Smith, Kaiser Health, chicagotribune.com, 7 Oct. 2019
• And maybe those who feel the strongest, most zealous sense of belonging wind up being those who are motivated to go to the polls.
  — Danielle Allen, Harper's Magazine, 27 Oct. 2020
• Records and interviews show the officers are young, eager and zealous.
  — John Caniglia, cleveland, 28 Sep. 2021
• There is no bigger cautionary tale for zealous gamblers than this guy.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 3 Sep. 2021
• Over-zealous spraying of herbicides that might have poisoned it?
  — oregonlive.com, 14 July 2019
• At some point, bad football is bad football, and not even the most zealous commitment to fighting the culture wars can change that.
  — Jay Willis, GQ, 26 Jan. 2018
• In those days, the son nurtured his ego through zealous service to his father, but Mario saw that fealty as a flaw.
  — Dan Zak, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2021
• Vicki is practical, brisk and loving, with a streak of the zealous cleaning lady.
  — Mary Norris, The New Yorker, 27 Dec. 2020
• It’s not the small, zealous group of anti-vaxxers that most concern public health officials.
  — Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2020
• Both his parents came from the working class, and his father was a zealous New Dealer.
  — Kerry Clawson, cincinnati.com, 2 May 2020
• And what’s up with those zealous, self-flagellating fauns?
  — Tyler Aquilina, EW.com, 31 Aug. 2019
• That has led some people to imagine how it could be commandeered by zealous networkers.
  — Katie Deighton, WSJ, 6 July 2020
• But many Yemenis feel alienated by the zealous highlanders.
  — The Economist, 7 June 2018

Last Updated: 26 Apr 2024