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Example sentences for "eager"

Lexicographically close words:
each; eache; eaded; eadem; eademque; eagerly; eagerness; eagle; eagled; eagles
  1. To outward appearance, the Spanish King was as eager as ever for the war in Guienne.

  2. He had not lost his hold on the nation; whenever he appealed to his subjects in a time of national danger, he met with an eager response; and, had the (p.

  3. He was eager to come down to the Netherlands with a view to breaking the Treaty of Noyon and removing his grandson's advisers, but of course he must have money from England to pay his expenses.

  4. The commons in France, worn to misery by the taxes of Francis and the ravages of his enemies, were eager for anything that might promise some alleviation of their lot.

  5. With an eager profusion of zeal Ferdinand of Aragon placed at Henry's disposal his army, his fleet, his personal services.

  6. Cromwell and the council were, indeed, a little too eager to welcome Chapuys' professions of friendship and to entertain his demands for help against Francis.

  7. They both became eager competitors for the friendship of England, which, if its resources were inadequate to support the position of arbiter, was at least a most useful (p.

  8. And they saw that unto it rushed mighty rivers by thousands with proud gait, like amorous competitors, each eager for meeting it, forestalling the others.

  9. Hearing that the sons of Pritha are alive, the citizens and other subjects of the realm have become exceedingly glad and eager for beholding them.

  10. The Kurus are exceedingly eager to behold the sons of Pandu.

  11. Mahadeva (who was eager to behold the damsel) came also to have a thousand eyes, each large and slightly reddish, before, behind and on his flanks.

  12. They who had practised penances and observed excellent vows for amrita now seemed to be eager seekers after amrita (celestial ambrosia).

  13. In that holy region, without ruggedness of any kind, were assembled eighteen Akshauhinis of soldiers eager for battle.

  14. They as well as Pritha must be very eager to behold their city.

  15. Then those monarchs eager for the fight fiercely exclaimed, 'The slaughter in battle of one desiring to fight is permitted.

  16. And followed by foremost of Brahmanas uttering blessings all the way, the king in great gladness of heart went towards the forest, eager for slaying the deer.

  17. She knew, as well as himself, how sated and weary he was of the cup of pleasure he had now drained to its last dregs of disillusionment; and he listened with eager ears to the words which pointed to him a surer path of happiness.

  18. Christian lent an eager ear to the stories of his steward's iniquities; but, when he found there was no shred of proof to support them, his anger and disappointment vented themselves on the informer.

  19. Two could play at this game of falseness; and there were many beautiful women in Egypt only too eager to console the great Napoleon.

  20. She was surrounded by sycophants and place-seekers, eager to capture the Queen's favour through her.

  21. All the little French boys in town congregate round the chocolate caldron and all are eager to help in any way, well knowing what their reward will be.

  22. This spirit of eager confidence was not peculiar to the air groups near the front; it was a part of the entire American Expeditionary Force.

  23. Two converging lines of fresh, eager warriors came marching, marching, the light of battle in their eyes and with rollicking, boisterous songs on their lips.

  24. Would they see the ringed cockades on his wings, or would eager anti-aircraft gunners start blazing away?

  25. Even the planes seemed to be huddled together, poised like vibrant butterflies, eager to take wing.

  26. Two such hungry youngsters are not likely to be particular about their dinner being done to a turn, and they were eager to eat it when it was exceedingly rare.

  27. Gold and diamonds were well known to be produced in Brazil; and their being by law contraband, was a sufficient temptation to eager speculators who had never before seen either in their native state.

  28. Persons of all ranks are eager to purchase negroes.

  29. Each one listens, watches, and stretches to him eager hands.

  30. With a permanent existence it associates with itself the best men of the town, who bring to it eager co-operation.

  31. She ran all the way home, eager to find out what her mother was going to say in reply to her father's startling proposition about her Christmas vacation.

  32. Other guests, who had not yet read their newspapers, crowded about Mr. Gay eager for the exciting news.

  33. His voice was so eager that the girl was deeply touched.

  34. The parents pay the penalty of incest with their lives; but Siegfried remains, and Wotan watches his growth and magnificent development with eager interest.

  35. Eager to know what their contents were, she took them up, drew a stool to the window, and tried to read.

  36. It is needless to say with what eager curiosity he entered its gates and wandered through its streets, and gazed upon its Oriental monuments.

  37. But on the whole his interest in men and women was an abstract kind of interest; he showed none of the personal curiosity and eager inquisitiveness about them that he showed towards the denizens of the woods and streams.

  38. A characteristic of the literary Vagabond is the eager versatility of his intellectual interests.

  39. This deficiency of humour may be traced to the characteristic attitude of the Vagabond towards life, which is one of eager curiosity.

  40. How merry they were over the good things, and how eager Graham was to cook fish for Joe, and serve the old fellow as nicely as he had done all of them!

  41. For a long time she wouldn't, but at last I got her just to whisper 'yes' in her crying, and I was only too eager to set off.

  42. I was a young girl, a child; too young for your eager strivings.

  43. She was still eager and defiant; her bosom rose and fell unchecked.

  44. Rumor had it that a Japanese prince had come in it to inspect the coast line, but newspaper reporters were forbidden to scale the side and no satisfaction was given their eager questioning by the bluff old captain who commanded the craft.

  45. Beth and Florence now joined them and Louise came running up to ask eager questions.

  46. Being by nature lively and aggressive young women, whose eager interest in life would not permit them to be idle, they encountered many interesting experiences.

  47. All three were open-handed and open-hearted, sympathetic to the unfortunate and eager to assist those who needed money, as many a poor girl and worthy young fellow could testify.

  48. They had heard rumors of the arrest of Jones and were eager to learn what had occurred.

  49. Then he glanced quickly around the circle and found every eye regarding him with eager curiosity.

  50. My chief recommendation, however, is that I'm eager to get a case, for my rent is sadly overdue.

  51. The girls could not wait for a later performance, so eager were they to see themselves in a motion picture, nor were they disappointed to find they were a mere incident in the long roll of film.

  52. Lord Reginald was eager for the attack, but Voules, as he made out the numbers in which the smugglers mustered, heartily wished that he had remained to enjoy the society of the ladies at the hall.

  53. Dick called to him, but the dog was too eager in the chase or too far off to hear his voice, and did not, as usual, return.

  54. She stood on, therefore, eager to come up with the chase.

  55. He stood almost breathless, eager to shoot, and yet afraid of missing.

  56. His hunger made him very eager to reach Susan's as soon as possible.

  57. He, however, eager to secure the deer, set off running, keeping it in sight.

  58. He was so eager to get his boat finished that he would at once have begun on that, but there were other things of more immediate importance.

  59. Scarcely had the hands reached the deck, when we saw a ripple playing over the ocean; the sails were trimmed, and once more, with eager hearts, we steered towards the French ship.

  60. He felt eager to get free, even though he might have to exchange it for one of the much-abused king's ships.

  61. They will all be eager to hear an account of our adventures on the island, and I am sure you need have no fear as to the way they will receive you.

  62. He sprang forward, several of his officers and those to whom he had given the word, pressing round him, all eager to be the first on the enemy's deck.

  63. He was eager to face the worst, and get it over as soon as possible.

  64. Had he not been so hungry, he would have again hidden under a hedge until later in the evening; but eager to obtain something to eat, he hurried on, hoping by good chance to reach Susan's cottage without being observed.

  65. Eager as Dick was to work at the boat, he was compelled to make excursions in search of game, and he seldom returned without two or three birds or a small deer.

  66. He wishes to live under shadow of night, he is eager to be delivered from this world, to be brother of the dead.

  67. These poor Orgons, duped and sacrificed, eager to destroy those who would defend them and who seek to enlighten them!

  68. They draw equal gains from the bloodthirsty imaginings and from the courage of their fellow-mortals; from the thirst for self-sacrifice, from the heroism which makes men eager to spill their own blood, from the inexhaustible wealth of faith!

  69. Parochial disputes about which the human mind is eager to achieve self-mutilation!

  70. He was what in England is called a "Jingo," and was at one time eager to fight this country for the possession of what is now British Columbia.

  71. But I have bad men to deal with both North and South; men who are eager for something new upon which to base new misrepresentations; men who would like to frighten me, or at least fix upon me the character of timidity and cowardice.

  72. Waves of eager desire for compromise passed over the Northern community.

  73. And that very night, so eager was Ned to get cured of his bashfulness, off he started for Killarney.

  74. With the unreserved confidence of a relieved heart, she rested her cheek in dangerous proximity to my eager lips, but I had not sufficient courage to take advantage of the position.

  75. The figure of the high priest who points out Christ to the soldiery is also very fine, dignified and yet eager in action, and with a mixed expression of triumph and anxiety.

  76. Look, for instance, at the varied action of the sheep in this composition, and the eager welcome that Joachim's dog is giving to his master.

  77. My ancient host and hostess trotted along near by, eager to share all their pathetic little gaieties with me.

  78. I am glad of your eager interest in Sada.

  79. Just let me put my head out of my room door and the hall fairly blossoms with little maids eager to serve.

  80. Eager and sweet in their generous welcome.

  81. There is a specimen of each opposite Sada and me at table who are so generous with their company on deck, before and after meals, I have almost run out of excuses and am short on plans to avoid the heavy obligations of their eager attentions.

  82. I just drank in all the fragrance of joy in the eager comradeship and sweet friendliness of the small Mikados and Mikadoesses with a keen delight that made the hours spin like minutes.

  83. That Mary's calumniators should have insisted upon this circumstance at all, only shows how eager they were to avail themselves of everything which they could pervert to their own purposes.

  84. Fiery and hot-blooded Spaniards, proud Castilians, eager for perilous spectacles, go, hunt the buffalo in the plains of the Marigondon!

  85. Henry was eager to become acquainted with his sister-in-law, and I to make the dear companion of my life a sharer in my happiness.

  86. My eager wishes induced me to hope that my work of colonisation should continue, and that my friend Vidie should find some compensation for the rough task he had undertaken.

  87. My Indians, on behalf of the inhabitants, asked me to go to the village, and spend the day, but I was too eager to reach home.

  88. He looked round angrily for a moment to see if it were possible to intercept her, then, yielding to necessity, sat down where Betty, eager and full of a thousand questions, sat calling for explanations.

  89. Oh, I am so glad you have come,” said Betty, “he is so eager to see you.

  90. She was standing firm but tremulous, a deeply concerned spectator, but there was on her face nothing of the eager attention with which a girl would listen to an explanation about her lover.

  91. They came down upon her full of the most eager questions.

  92. And when Charlie came back from Oxford she was more eager to meet him, more pleased with his company than ever before.

  93. Bee stole in, an uncertain shadow into the shaded room, less eager than frightened and over-awed by this sudden entrance into the presence of sickness and misery.

  94. It seems as if it were delay personified to the eager traveller, especially on the Continent.

  95. I really pity your having to balance the claims of so many eager aspirants for notice; it is clearly impossible to satisfy all.


  96. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "eager" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    acquiescent; affirmative; agape; agog; agreeable; agreeing; ambitious; amenable; animated; anticipating; anticipatory; anxious; ardent; assenting; attentive; avid; breathless; certain; compliant; confident; consenting; content; cooperative; covetous; crazy; desirous; disposed; docile; dynamic; eager; earnest; enterprising; enthusiastic; excited; expectant; expecting; fain; favorable; fervent; fiery; fire; forestalling; forewarned; forward; fretful; fretting; game; gaping; glad; glowing; great; hard; hasty; hearty; hopeful; hoping; hungry; impassioned; impatient; impetuous; inclined; intense; intent; keen; lascivious; libidinous; lively; lustful; mad; minded; mood; needing; optimistic; panting; passionate; permissive; pliant; predisposed; prepared; prompt; prone; quick; ready; receptive; responsive; restive; restless; ripe; sanguine; solicitous; spirited; squirmy; strenuous; strong; submissive; sure; thirsty; tractable; uneasy; ungrudging; unquiet; vigilant; vital; vivacious; vivid; voracious; waiting; wanting; willing; zealous