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How to use eagerly in a sentence

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Those on hand waited eagerly for the choppers as the mist turned to rain and the wind whipped the palm trees that edge the field.
It's hardly surprising when the stories are all really much of a muchness, eagerly evoking some humanist vision of the universal spirit.
They are searching eagerly for Mud-eyes, which are a favourite food of the trout.
One ad for a glass company shows a group of men eagerly following a skimpily clad woman as she walks into an elevator.
The weekly whist held on Monday's in the Day Care Centre is always eagerly awaited.
I nudged Glory into a trot and he eagerly stepped out, his long strides eating up the ground.
Jackson rolled his eyes, then, walking ahead eagerly, peered around the next bend and gave a whoop of delight.
The word reminds me of when I was a boy eagerly looking forward to the Saturday matinees in our local fleapit.
This is why I eagerly encouraged the development of GNU Fortran, despite having vowed in 1970 never to use that language again myself.
The Unionists have eagerly seized on the raid to attack Sinn Fein's elected representatives in the ruling assembly.
But in most parts of it, the red carpet so eagerly unrolled for me is swiftly jerked out from under his feet.
I'm eagerly looking forward to and studying diligently for what I expect to be a marvelous journey.
Tickets for the eagerly awaited semi-final against the French giants were snapped up yesterday.
The excitement is palpable as we queue up, as is the strong scent of ammonia from the horses and bulls snorting eagerly in the paddocks.
They eagerly, even desperately, seek to create or receive such interventions.
The ancient Greeks eagerly consulted oracles for answers to all sorts of questions they had about the future.
The news of their escapades be it in fleeting skirmish or pitched battles was eagerly listened to in Ireland.
They eagerly welcome new opportunities that are provided by digital technology and the internet.
And who wouldn't enjoy the sight of the first brimstone of the year eagerly supping at a garden primrose.
He returned the sound with a nicker of his own and pressed eagerly against the door of his stall.
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Examples from Classical Literature
Perhaps this was the reason why, when landed and out of eyeshot of the crew, he produced a pocket-flask of rum and eagerly drank.
If it is claimed that this meaning is illusory, I eagerly desire to know on what solid ground its illusoriness can be established.
It was the first scrimmage for the third squad fellows and they raced on eagerly.
He started at the words, and looked eagerly in her face for an explanation.
They must have been harkening eagerly for his coming, for Sir Richard found the women both awaiting him in the main room.
I think I should like that, exclaimed Don eagerly, forgetting his ill humor.
They all looked eagerly at the criminologist on his return, but his face was sphinxlike.
The archbishops eagerly accepted the decretals because they hoped to profit by their doctrines.
He eagerly snatched at an occasion at once of self-gratification, and of humiliating his proud and arrogant brother.
The child took the electuary eagerly, for it was pleasant to the taste, and it did him good more than if it had been bitter.
Grasping Pierre's arm, Isabel eagerly and forebodingly demands what is the cause of this most strange and unpleasant transition.
Ere he had reached the corner, a gowl of anger and grief struck his ear, and he wheeled eagerly.
Mr. Holley was a gentleman of considerable literary reputation and made a paper which was eagerly sought for.
He ran down to the ice edge, and gazed eagerly seaward, but nowhere could he see the ice pack.
Exclusion was to me starvation, and I eagerly adopted the counsel of my companion.
At nightfall they reached the village of crepy where they were welcomed eagerly.
The leading wheels struck the points with violence, and Jim, watching eagerly, saw the rims mount up over the crossway.
Her tone belied the curtness of her words, and she waited eagerly for the answer.
Again and again Morris spoke eagerly, entreatingly, but the aerophone was dumb.
She scrutinised my face eagerly, and then turned her head wearily on the pillow.
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