be desirous of
Example Sentences
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But passion can be desirous of the craziest things.
From Slate • Sep. 14, 2015
The second messenger came in entire safety with that bottle, for no one could be desirous of trifling with anything so fraught with danger as that prison house of the terrible genii.
From The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton by Curtis, Wardon Allan
With every due respect for the plebiscita—or resolutions of public meetings—we doubt whether any party would be desirous of accepting them as a substitute for our present method of law-making.
From The Comic History of Rome by Becket, Gilbert Abbott ?
It created a great deal of excitement and enthusiasm among the young officers and seamen, who had read enough about Norway to be desirous of seeing it.
From Up The Baltic Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark by Optic, Oliver
Secondly, that Lord Seely appeared conscious of some reason in the young man's mind for dissatisfaction, and to be desirous of deprecating that dissatisfaction.
From A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) by Trollope, Frances Eleanor
