be desirous of
Example Sentences
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But passion can be desirous of the craziest things.
From Slate • Sep. 14, 2015
He professed to be desirous of concentrating at Verdun, but was afraid to get out of reach of Metz.
From A History of the Third French Republic by Wright, C. H. C. (Charles Henry Conrad)
If a gentleman should stop a lady on the street for conversation, and she should be desirous of discontinuing it, she should bow slightly, whereupon the gentleman must instantly take his leave.
From Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society by Cooke, Maud C.
They were intelligent; they could remember; they were capable of hate and fear; they would be desirous of leveling the debt!
From Under Arctic Ice by Winter, H. G.
Meanwhile, day, which seemed to be desirous of accelerating its departure, disappeared, and I was left alone in my wilderness.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 by Various
