keener

Example Sentences

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Dior designer Jonathan Anderson appeared keener than most to take some risks.

From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026

The magic is unique and often biological—many characters have mental or physical enhancements that give them perfect memory or keener senses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

It's not hard to imagine which one the family of the time was keener to remember.

From BBC • Jul. 6, 2025

What they were keener to talk about was life in Henderson, a city they’d lived in and loved for a long time now—including for the MMA connection.

From Slate • Oct. 31, 2024

I still had practice, but I was keener to run around and deal with stress that way than I’d been to have well-meaning teachers not know what to say in my presence.

From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan