dying to
Example Sentences
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“I’m dying to get on it,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Van Der Beek communicates an unmistakable feeling that there is a good person somewhere inside his character, dying to break free of the tortured fate his monstrous doppelganger has created for him.
From Salon ● Feb. 15, 2026
“I say the things that they are dying to hear from their parents,” Ginette says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 13, 2025
The 60-year-old said he was "dying to show" it to his three children.
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2025
Koko, still blind, still stuck in her chair, was dying to know what was happening.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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