Eager is an English word with synonyms like great or dying. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Eager in a sentence
Related words
Eager meaning
- Desirous; keen to do or obtain something.
- Not employing lazy evaluation; calculating results immediately, rather than deferring calculation until they are required.
- Brittle; inflexible; not ductile.
Synonyms of Eager
Using Eager
- The main meaning on this page is: Desirous; keen to do or obtain something. | Not employing lazy evaluation; calculating results immediately, rather than deferring calculation until they are required. | Brittle; inflexible; not ductile.
- Useful related words include: anxious, eagre, bore, tidal bore.
- In the example corpus, eager often appears in combinations such as: eager to, are eager, is eager.
Example sentences (20)
The hosts will be eager to extend their lead at the top of the standings, after winning their first two matches, while fifth-placed Joburg will be eager to turn things around as they go in search of their first victory of the competition.
The youth is eager to play garba and devotees of the goddess are also eager to serve her.
The Government remains eager to ensure the UK’s exit from the EU by October 31. Oppositions parties are eager to ensure this does not happen in a no deal scenario.
As a 4-year-old, C was eager to help at the beginning, and then eager to eat right away.
For example, Connie Kendrickson, (Ashlie Atkinson), the wife of a Klan member, Felix Kendrickson (Jasper Paakkonen), is an eager-Jane, reminiscent of a classically uncool, geekish, eager-to-please teenager.
A dad from East Lancashire has shared his excitement after a local was eager to sell his work in the shop.
After a quiet start, the year witnessed a flurry of initial public offerings (IPOs), led by mid- and small-cap companies eager to cash in on the flush of liquidity and upbeat market mood.
After giving birth, many new moms are eager to get back into shape and regain their pre-pregnancy bodies.
After learning about the monthly raffle, she is eager to read further into them.
After raising the Final Four banner Monday, this Aztecs team is eager to make its own name.
After six long years, fans are finally getting a new entry via Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons, and fans are eager to know if the wait was worth it and how it stacks up to some of the best entries in the series.
Alex Klenman, President and CEO, stated: "Naturally, we're eager to get the drill program underway.
A lot of the clamour around the film has been fans eager to see Nicolas Cage, a beloved and slightly eccentric movie star with a persona kept well fed by the internet, take on such an iconic part.
Although he’s not conventionally affectionate, Linx is eager to play and run, which means he is best suited for an outdoor and active life.
America is an idea inclusive of all eager to work hard, respect others, celebrate the rule of law and treasure the march of the mind over the march of the foot soldier.
An array of celebrities have been eager to say 'I do' for a second time as they have hosted glitzy ceremonies to commemorate their wedding anniversaries and renew their commitment to their partners.
And I understand they are most eager to prevent that from happening in the future.
And now that Indiefoxx has been allowed back on Twitch after two years, it seems she’s eager to dish out some sweet revenge at Amouranth.
And some worry that local governments, eager to attract industry, are turning up their noses at concerns.
And then land the whole shebang right in the lap of what I suspect will be one eager audience after another.
Common combinations with eager
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- eager to 175×
- are eager 27×
- is eager 23×
- was eager 15×
- be eager 10×
- were eager 7×
- and eager 7×
- so eager 5×
- fans eager 3×
- always eager 3×