How to Use enthused in a Sentence

enthused

adjective
  • Carlos Santana spent much of his showing seated, and not looking particularly enthused about it.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
  • As the live band played, the enthused Keaton got the fever.
    Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 14 Sep. 2022
  • The students were met with enthused alumni at the end of the route.
    Annika Hom, BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2019
  • Instead, Trump seemed less than enthused about the prospects for his plan at some points.
    John Wagner, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2018
  • The Browns have hired more qualified coaches in the past that fans were more enthused about, and that didn’t work.
    Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 12 Jan. 2020
  • The in-office people, sick and tired of Zoom calls, won’t be too enthused to lose the momentum and try to find the others who should be on the call.
    Jack Kelly, Forbes, 25 May 2021
  • All the same, investors don’t appear to be overly enthused by the new targets.
    Washington Post, 10 June 2019
  • Prince George was seen looking less enthused about all the pomp and circumstance.
    Jamie Ballard, Good Housekeeping, 19 May 2018
  • Cora, to his credit, wasn’t overly enthused by a three-game sweep of the awful Tigers.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2019
  • Randy LeFaivre, a 56-year-old with season tickets, was less enthused.
    Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2021
  • Lennox ended the enthused note with a string of hand-clapping emojis and hashtag #adele.
    Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com, 28 Oct. 2021
  • Back inside the kitchen, an equally enthused Mr. Qurashi shows off an iPhone photo of the chickens’ eggs.
    Candace Taylor, WSJ, 6 Dec. 2018
  • Westbrook, for his part, hasn’t seemed too enthused with the Lakers, either.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2022
  • Gard, whose modesty isn’t a secret, wasn’t as enthused.
    Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2020
  • Democrats are enthused to have a candidate like Tran, whose background as the son of refugees mirrors the life of so many in Little Saigon.
    Ken Tran, USA TODAY, 9 June 2024
  • During the heat of summer, most of us feel less enthused about spending time in the kitchen, hovering over a hot stove.
    Meredith Deeds Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 23 June 2021
  • And that is tough to get enthused about, given my general lack of trust in drivers.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 12 May 2024
  • The dozens who did attend made up an enthused crowd, and many seemed well aware of existing story lines.
    Beth Spotswood, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 June 2018
  • The enthused audience joined in for the chorus, per a clip from the evening that Fallon shared on social media.
    Jessica Wang, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2023
  • The president seemed enthused to see the launch vehicles.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 8 Mar. 2018
  • So this was not just moms stepping in when fathers weren’t handling the baby with care or were not very enthused by his child.
    Belinda Luscombe, Time, 13 June 2018
  • That definitely sounds like a few reasons to be enthused about the prospect of landing Sarr.
    Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Others are less enthused at the prospect of playing a game on a court that does not regularly hold NBA games.
    Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 26 Oct. 2017
  • Over a signature Motown groove, these kids could not sound more enthused about all the toys Santa would bring.
    Vulture, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Except here’s the thing: Redditors aren’t enthused about it.
    Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Her predecessor, Michelle Obama, was less than enthused about life in the East Wing.
    Katie Rogers, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2017
  • Pitera was grateful to have the photos returned, but the retired chemist said his two sons and daughter were even more enthused.
    Wayne Ford, ajc, 11 Sep. 2021
  • Needless to say, the reaction from Russia was less than enthused.
    Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2023
  • On the flip side, Americans often give standing ovations, and are a lot more enthused.
    Greg Burnett, cleveland.com, 30 Dec. 2017
  • To the person who is so enthused about the possibility of more traffic-ticket cameras in this area.
    Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 11 July 2024

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