Word Finder - eager

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Sharp; sour; acid.

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Sharp; keen; bitter; severe.

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Desirous; keen to do or obtain something.

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I was eager to show my teacher how much I'd learned over the holidays.

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Brittle; inflexible; not ductile.

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Not employing lazy evaluation; calculating results immediately, rather than deferring calculation until they are required.

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an eager algorithm

He seemed eager to talk all night.

Betsy was more than eager to comply.

I left the well-house eager to learn.

I am eager to know.

We barely slept that night, in eager anticipation of glimpsing our first rays of sunshine!

The idea of watching Darkyn strike her down made him eager to see blood spill.

She wasn't eager to draw his undivided attention, but his distance struck her as unusual, if not yet another rejection.

She then moved her finger to the next line with an expression of eager interest.

Kiera stepped forward, eager to reach Evelyn.

The country by this time had become thickly covered over with castles, the seats of greater or lesser nobles, all of whom were eager to detach themselves from strict allegiance to the Regno.

And why was she so eager to meet his parents?

She was eager to answer our questions and invited us into the building.

Apparently he was eager to get back to the clinic.

I had now the key to all language, and I was eager to learn to use it.

He hadn't thought she would be so eager, given her skill at avoiding all her regular nishani duties.

When I see that she is eager to tell me something, but is hampered because she does not know the words, I supply them and the necessary idioms, and we get along finely.

I can hardly wait for June to come I am so eager to speak to her and to my precious little sister.

Helen is almost as eager to read as she is to talk.

She hugged his neck and welcomed his warm kiss with eager lips.

One brief spring, musical with the song of robin and mocking-bird, one summer rich in fruit and roses, one autumn of gold and crimson sped by and left their gifts at the feet of an eager, delighted child.

A smile of joy and satisfaction lit up her eager face.

Princess was eager to get back to some oats, so she walked faster than Carmen thought was safe.

Did he think she was eager to consummate the marriage?

While Martha and Betsy, buoyed by our recent success, were eager to tackle the case, Quinn, not surprisingly, and yours truly to a lesser extent, were hesitant.

Princess followed Ed up the steep trail with an eager stride that kept Carmen clinging to the saddle horn.

Betsy and I agreed as we were eager to share our news with someone.

Even Mrs. Lincoln seemed eager to see him, giving his leg a wel­coming rub.

While I remained eager to discuss the conversation, I couldn't disagree with Howie's logic.

Hannah sat and began talking about Paris again to an audience eager to hear her.

He doubted Samantha would have any information that would help, but felt they had nothing to lose and was eager to meet Elisabeth's best friend.

We go home about dinner-time usually, and Helen is eager to tell her mother everything she has seen.

She hesitated then took it, trying not to act too eager to read its secrets.

This time, Rhyn couldn't figure out why the creature wanted a human so badly he'd bring her here yet didn't seem eager about her becoming his mate.

The room went black and his arms instantly surrounded her, drawing her close in an eager embrace.

He trotted up the stairs to the second floor of the house and walked into the bathroom, eager for his first hot shower in days.

Helen was eager to know "more colour."

As eager as Betsy and I were to pursue our testing, we were out to the picture for several weeks.

She started to groan with pleasure, but it came out more an eager whimper that sent a rush of heat to her face.

No, I guess I'm just eager to start shopping and decorating.

The people are always eager to help you find your way.

It's best not to be distracted by children or friends who are eager to get to another destination.

In March we find him unscrupulously eager in the prosecution of the alleged Irish Catholic plot.

I am eager to cross the ocean, for I want to see my English friends and their good and wise queen.

Natasha, muffled up in shawls which did not hide her eager face and shining eyes, galloped up to them.

However, they may be extremely eager to sell you a camera.

Disney has been especially eager to incorporate their characters into the matching game phenomenon.

Most are eager to help you understand the process.

It's a properly eager machine which invites a good spanking.

The bullets were whining and whistling so stimulatingly around him and his horse was so eager to go that he could not restrain himself.

Most phone companies will be eager to keep you as a customer, even if it means they must match a competitor's offer to prevent you from switching carriers.