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• Avery was an avid whittler, and had a collection of intricately carved walking-sticks that few could match.From the entry whittler
• She is an avid collector of nineteenth-century postage stamps.From the entry collector
• The animal shelter has a flightless sparrow named Shiny, who seems to make up for his disability by being an avid runner.From the entry flightless
• As an avid button collector, I have had to develop an efficient way of removing the nubbin of thread from the buttonhole.From the entry nubbin
• He is an avid Minecraft player.From the entry player
• Jim's aunt is an avid watercolourist.From the entry watercolourist
• An avid angler, she kept a collapsible spinning rod in the back of her truck in case she happened to drive past a likely-looking stream.From the entry spinning rod
• Matt Semrad is an avid reader and devours audiobooks from the library — about one a week.2023 July 2, Brandon Griggs, “We’re multitasking while walking our dogs. Animal experts say this is a problem”, in CNN. From the entry audiobook
• Peterson, an avid language creator who constructed High Valyrian and Dothraki for HBO's hit fantasy series.2023 January 5, Belen Edwards, “High Valyrian from 'Game of Thrones' has four genders. Here's why.”, in Mashable, archived from the…. From the entry Dothraki
• This gift is perfect for avid Wordlers who are looking for even more daily puzzles to play.2022 December 6, Kathryn Mannie, “A gift guide for men who don’t want whiskey stones or golf clubs”, in Global News, archived from the…. From the entry Wordler
• I’ve been an avid snowshoer and a snowball flinger of some repute.2021 November 24, Al Batt, “The snows of November came early”, in The Country Today, volume 45, number 46, page 4A. From the entry chionophobia
• You’re an avid Pinterester and you can’t resist a good brunch or over-adjective’d Starbucks order.2016, Grace Helbig, Grace & Style: The Art of Pretending You Have It, Touchstone, →ISBN, page 89. From the entry Pinterester
• An avid sumo fan since childhood, she lamented the current state of affairs.2013 January 25, Daniel Krieger, “In Japan, National Sport Is Dominated by Foreigners”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New…. From the entry sayori
• Bagheera sat himself down in front of the chair, his green eyes avid with curiosity.2011 May 10, Freda Vasilopoulos, Past Tense, Belgrave House, →ISBN. From the entry Bagheera
• Harrison Bradlow is an avid zombie aficionado, as well as fan of most things dorktastic.2011, Harrison Bradlow, “About the Author”, in If It Still Has a Head, It Isn’t Quite Dead: A Book of Poetry on Zombies, Vampires…. From the entry dorktastic
• Some of the most avid text messagers are clustered in Southeast Asia.2010, Carol M. Lehman, Debbie D. Dufrene, Business Communication, page 163. From the entry messager
• And who am I, an avid nacho-cheese Doritos with pinot blanc fan, to cast aspersions?2007, Ronnie Blackwell, Serve It Cold. From the entry pringle
• At Boston's Roseland, as "the Count's band was wailing," he grabbed Mamie, an avid dancer.1999, Lewis A. Erenberg, Swingin' the Dream: Big Band Jazz and the Rebirth of American Culture, page 111. From the entry wail
• Even the most avid computerophile is not eager to lay down his life for his machine.1995, Michael Finley, “Chapter 7: Can We Survive Computing?: Death and Disease Were Not Supposed to Be Part of the Deal”, in…. From the entry computerophile
• I wish I were more of an avid museum-goer and exhibit-goer.1994, Barbaralee Diamonstein, Inside the art world: conversations with Barbaralee Diamonstein, →ISBN, page 31. From the entry exhibit-goer
• For many avid tomato-philes, this is the only time to enjoy the fresh fruit.1994 August 24, Marjorie Rice, “Tomatoes: Finally, it’s time for the big payoff”, in San Francisco Examiner, 130th year, number 63, page 1. From the entry tomato-phile
• But recently I discovered that two longtime associates are avid Mets fans who can outstatistic me.1987, Working Woman - Volume 12, Issues 7-12, page 86. From the entry outstatistic
• He is also an avid photographer and falconer.2015, A. J. Marcus, Grizzly Discovery. From the entry get started
• Say you're into Formula 1, and you're an avid gamer.2012 July 20, Mike Stevens, “Gaming: F1 Race Stars, Where Formula 1 Meets Mario Kart – Video”, in Drive, Sydney, N.S.W.: Fairfax Media…. From the entry Mario Karter
• Even avid wine lovers can be struck with a temporary case of oenophobia -- fear of wine -- around Thanksgiving.2007 November 14, Karen Page, Andrew Dornenburg, “With These Strategies, Pick Your Pour”, in The Washington Post. From the entry oenophobia
• La Baker, as well as Cuban vedettes and rumba dancers, had conquered Europe by selling exoticism to an avid European public.2005, Coco Fusco, Corpus Delecti: Performance Art of the Americas, Routledge, →ISBN, page 44. From the entry vedette
• Naomi is something of an infoholic, an avid reader of newspapers and magazines and, increasingly, a user of the Internet.1997, Helen Wilkinson, Tomorrow's Women. From the entry infoholic
• Other countries are not so much angry as avid to exploit the discomfiture of the US or the chaos in the region or both.2023 October 22, Jason Burke, “The week the world tried to stop Gaza spinning out of control”, in The Observer, →ISSN. From the entry discomfiture
• It hasn’t helped that some especially avid pickleball fans proudly proclaim that their sport will soon overtake tennis and eagerly boast anti-tennis sportswear.2022 October 16, Rachel Simon, “In the tennis vs. pickleball showdown, who’s winning?”, in NBC News. From the entry anti-tennis
• Hanks is known as being an avid reader of history and biography, and seems to seek out stories which offer a certain optimism and humanism.2021 February 9, Christina Newland, “Is Tom Hanks part of a dying breed of genuine movie stars?”, in BBC. From the entry fundamentally
• As an avid reader, but one who gave up academia years ago, parsing meaning from the dense descriptors occasionally left me ready to shout Parklife.2019 December 5, Laura Waddell, “Scotland’s ‘Unmakars’ can take you to some unexpected places”, in The Scotsman. From the entry parklife
• The long-awaited “Hamilton” mixtape was released Friday, much to the delight of devoted Hamilfans, as the musical's most avid followers are called.2016, Kaitlynn Milvert, "'Hamilton' mixtape is a success", Indiana Daily Student (Indiana University), 5 December 2016, page 4. From the entry Hamilfan
• The lesion in Segment 2 was hypointense on precontrast T1, hyperintense on T2-weighted images, and showed avid enhancement on the arterial and portal venous phases.2015 July 24, Michael Kueht et al., “Concurrent hepatic hemangioma and solitary fibrous tumor: diagnosis and management”, in Journal of…. From the entry precontrast
• Although captive red apes are avid tool users, the most striking feature of tool use among the wild orangutans observed until then was its absence.2007, Michael Alan Park, Biological Anthropology: An Introductory Reader, →ISBN, page 62. From the entry red ape
• Both my boys, ages 8 and almost 6, have been avid Club Penguiners in recent months, like somewhere north of 4 million others.2007 March 14, Steve Johnson, “Club Penguin or ‘Pimp My Igloo’”, in Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Ill., →ISSN, →OCLC, section 2, page 2…. From the entry Club Penguiner
• Now, I will admit that when it came time to lay knife on turducken, with everybody gathered around in avid anticipation, the result was horrifying.2003 January 4, Jim Kershner, “Happy Turducken Day”, in The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.: Cowles Publishing Company, →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry turducken
• But a quick glance at their methodology is all that's needed to convince even the most avid numerophile that the results are worthless.1987, Seymour Siwoff, The 1987 Elias Baseball Analyst, Macmillan Publishers, →ISBN, page 152. From the entry numerophile

Meaning of avid

1. adjective Enthusiastic; keen; eager; showing great interest in something or desire to do something.
2. adjective Greedy.

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How do you use avid in a sentence?

Avid is used as an adjective. For example: “I'm an avid reader.”

What is a short sentence with avid?

“I'm an avid reader.”

What does avid mean?

Avid means enthusiastic; keen; eager; showing great interest in something or desire to do something.