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.
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The current market situation is a far cry from Coal India's $3 billion issue a decade back that, per domestic media, had led to a liquidity crunch in the country's banking system, including massive redemptions in mutual funds from investors eager to invest in the IPO.
—Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
Manufacturers managed to debut the world’s first COVID-19 vaccines in less than a year—a record—because the government was eager to fund their development and because companies could trust that the government would buy them.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2025
The Blue Raiders will be eager to keep building momentum.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Sep. 2025
Advertisement For now, the two sides are at an impasse, and neither appears eager to budge.
—Nik Popli, Time, 18 Sep. 2025
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Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
Manufacturers managed to debut the world’s first COVID-19 vaccines in less than a year—a record—because the government was eager to fund their development and because companies could trust that the government would buy them.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2025
The Blue Raiders will be eager to keep building momentum.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Sep. 2025
Advertisement For now, the two sides are at an impasse, and neither appears eager to budge.
—Nik Popli, Time, 18 Sep. 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 19 Sep. 2025.
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