eager

Example Sentences

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I was eager to get on a kayak, but learned that the state park no longer loaned them out.

From The Wall Street Journal

The 1970s witnessed just such a wage-price spiral, and the Fed is eager to avoid a repeat.

From Barron's

Renata and Livingston continued at top speed, eager to get away from the maniacal pirate with his deadly toast.

From Literature

With a mode of transportation secured, he left under the cover of night in early 2020, eager to live a life free of their control, he said.

From Los Angeles Times

Though he was eager to examine the sphere and the paper the old man had given him, a chorus of eager squeaks told Jeremy that his animals wanted to be fed.

From Literature