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How to use eagerness in a sentence

10 example sentences · noun

Eagerness means the state or quality of being eager; ardent desire. Example: “He overplanted tobacco in his eagerness for a cash crop with higher margins.”

More sentences with eagerness

  • He overplanted tobacco in his eagerness for a cash crop with higher margins.From the entry overplant
  • And in my eagerness to tick items off on my "next action" lists, my productivity ramps up.2009 December 22, Louisa Kamps, “The Distraction Diet”, in Elle. From the entry tundra
  • "The Old Man will be pleased to welcome you." There was eagerness in his reedy voice.1953, Philip K. Dick, “Planet for Transients”, in Fantastic Universe magazine, number Oct-Nov 1953, page 64. From the entry cold
  • She looked at him, all eagerness and trust, full of feist and fun, unlike any woman he'd met before.2009, Cindy Causey, A Different Drum. From the entry feist
  • Their eagerness to protect the environment or their fear of seeming uninformed may be part of the problem.2007, Michael Sullivan, III, Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data, 2nd edition, Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson Prentice Hall…. From the entry dihydrogen monoxide
  • The two functionaries were all oleaginous smiles and Heepish hand-wringing declaring their eagerness to be of service to such a fine and deserving young person.2001, Nicholas Peel, The Lost Story, iUniverse, page 130. From the entry Heepish
  • In his eagerness to show how erroneous the Brazilian modernists were, Holston fails to discuss the desire for modernisation among the Brazilian people.2001, Post proceedings of the World Conference on Cultural Design/Digital Condition Design, →ISBN. From the entry brazilianisation
  • The great test was on, whether such a nation could live, and Boston was athrob with love of country and eagerness to sacrifice.1911, James Oppenheim, chapter 4, in The Nine-Tenths, New York: Harper, pages 57–58. From the entry athrob
  • The two animals tumbled over each other in their eagerness to get inside, and heard the door shut behind them with great joy and relief.1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows. From the entry tumble
  • I HAVE had a hand in numerous ground breakings and ribbon cuttings, but never before have I approached one with the eagerness and enthusiasm that I possess for today's ceremony.1960 August 2, Bert T. Combs, “GROUND BREAKING FOR KENTUCKY POWER COMPANY PLANT Louisa”, in George W. Robinson, editor, The Public Papers…. From the entry ground-breaking

Meaning of eagerness

  1. noun The state or quality of being eager; ardent desire.
  2. noun Tartness, sourness.

Full definition of eagerness

Questions about eagerness in a sentence

How do you use eagerness in a sentence?
Eagerness is used as a noun. For example: “He overplanted tobacco in his eagerness for a cash crop with higher margins.”
What is a short sentence with eagerness?
“He overplanted tobacco in his eagerness for a cash crop with higher margins.”
What does eagerness mean?
Eagerness means the state or quality of being eager; ardent desire.

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