overeager

adjective

over·ea·ger ˌō-vər-ˈē-gər

: excessively eager

an overeager look in her eyes

… overeager young fans offered him anything they could find to autograph …—

Joe Coscarelli

During the Gold Rush, overeager miners actually dug up city streets in search of placer gold deposits.—

Lora J. Finnegan

overeagerly adverb

… its forthright portrait of a needy man, overeagerly pushing for his chance of happiness … —

Mark Shenton

overeagerness noun

What troubles me is the overeagerness to weigh in with the male side of every women's issue … —

Letty Cottin Pogrebin

Examples of overeager in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Internationally, the pushback against a seemingly overeager South Korean embrace of North Korean demands came from Vice President Mike Pence, who as the leader of the U.S. delegation sought to counter North Korea’s charm offensive with his own propaganda campaign. —

Scott Snyder, Foreign Affairs, 23 Feb. 2018 Yet the anxious, overeager French struggled to solve a U.S. team content to crowd its penalty area, lining up as many as six players along its back line. —

Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2024 As any European will tell you, presumably from under a funny hat and through a cloud of cigarette smoke, the U.S. squad is often overeager, overconfident and overmatched—a trifecta of traits that can be used to describe an awful lot of us. —

Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 28 June 2024 But he’s been overeager in his first 18 plate appearances for the Rockies. —

Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 15 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for overeager

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