dying to
Example Sentences
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If you’re having regular conversations about City Hall with the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, we’re dying to know:
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2026
Ever since, there’s been a 2-inch region of skin that appears as though it’s just dying to move from left cheek to right, pushing the boundary of the crack along with it.
From Slate ● Feb. 22, 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
I had some gossip I was dying to tell them—something about one of the newcomers—and so for a while it was just me blabbing on while they nodded and asked the odd question.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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