zealous

Example Sentences

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Unwittingly, zealous regulators have turned stock markets into the casinos that commissioner Crenshaw deplores.

From Barron's • Jan. 2, 2026

Douglass noted the paradox: For abolitionists Lincoln seemed “tardy, cold, dull, and indifferent,” yet by the measure of public sentiment he was obliged to weigh, Lincoln proved “swift, zealous, radical, and determined.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

Scheffler said on Tuesday it was "not a fulfilling life" and the zealous pursuit of wins is "something I wrestle with on a daily basis".

From BBC • Jul. 20, 2025

Ludwig II of Bavaria was a zealous aesthete with enough personal wealth to treat part of what is now Germany as an architectural canvas.

From Salon • Jun. 22, 2025

“Wizards, then, are not cooks,” said Murre, who was sitting across the kitchen hearth from Ged, carving a box-lid of fine wood; he was a woodworker by trade, though not a very zealous one.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin