How to Use zealous in a Sentence

zealous

adjective

• The detective was zealous in her pursuit of the kidnappers.
• But the cost and crowds may deter the less zealous among us.
  — Josie Sexton, The Know, 3 Dec. 2019
• The stakes are not high enough here to justify the zealous tone of the film.
  — Kyle Smith, National Review, 28 Sep. 2020
• The problem is the over-zealous VID spit out by the motherboard.
  — Mark Walton, Ars Technica, 5 Oct. 2017
• Safe to say, his zealous fans have been doing just that.
  — Griselda Flores, Billboard, 21 July 2022
• Any over-zealous methods to speed things up can backfire in the long run.
  — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 1 June 2018
• Safe to say the Blues would have been less zealous with their forecheck and heavy hits on the Bruins’ rear wall had Miller been on the case.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Sep. 2019
• This would likely make the views of those who remain even more zealous.
  — Kara Alaimo, CNN, 18 Oct. 2022
• That’s just not his M.O. For the most zealous of football fans, this week can feel a lot like Christmas.
  — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 12 Mar. 2018
• Down that road lies a world in which only the most zealous sign up for public service.
  — James Hohmann, Washington Post, 25 June 2018
• This zealous push for justice was due to more than the fact that the late Mr. Khashoggi was a friend of the Turkish president.
  — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Apr. 2022
• Hashimoto and his crew were zealous in their desire to sink a warship.
  — Tony Perry, latimes.com, 6 July 2018
• Such a zealous swipe at royal standing could prove a threat to the Targaryen monarchy.
  — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 21 Aug. 2022
• Both his parents came from the working class, and his father was a zealous New Dealer.
  — Kerry Clawson, cincinnati.com, 2 May 2020
• Her whole life was in front of her and it was taken from her by racist, under trained, over zealous, lying cops.
  — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2023
• In those days, the son nurtured his ego through zealous service to his father, but Mario saw that fealty as a flaw.
  — Dan Zak, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2021
• Haley came down hard on the zealous newcomer in what was perhaps the most pointed exchange of the evening.
  — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
• That would increase if the Fed goes too far with rate hikes, but Baker doesn’t think Powell will get too zealous.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 1 Feb. 2023
• But this hero, the kind-hearted Yugi, is possessed by a more bold, zealous spirit that goes by Pharaoh.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 18 Sep. 2020
• He’d sent the first one at 2:30 p.m. in Syria, a surprising time for a zealous fighter to be online.
  — Vogue, 2 June 2015
• One zealous faction of this group was based in Baltimore.
  — Time, 30 Apr. 2020
• The most zealous bunny huggers want to stop their hobby, or at least curtail it.
  — Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 1 July 2024
• The films recognize the impact of the zealous anti-choice movement in varying tones and degrees.
  — Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya, refinery29.com, 20 Oct. 2020
• Low-dose naltrexone has lurked for years on the fringes of medicine, and its zealous advocates worry it may be stuck there.
  — Alex Smith, Kaiser Health, chicagotribune.com, 7 Oct. 2019
• Victims have a right to a zealous advocate on their behalf.
  — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 27 June 2022
• At some point, bad football is bad football, and not even the most zealous commitment to fighting the culture wars can change that.
  — Jay Willis, GQ, 26 Jan. 2018
• And maybe those who feel the strongest, most zealous sense of belonging wind up being those who are motivated to go to the polls.
  — Danielle Allen, Harper's Magazine, 27 Oct. 2020
• It’s not the small, zealous group of anti-vaxxers that most concern public health officials.
  — Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2020
• This is a zealous pursuit, without question—and one that can easily be derailed by the luxury of settling for anything less.
  — Edward Deangelis, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
• At its best, the book shows how a New York newspaper’s particular brand of journalism—a mix of personal take, zealous muckraking, and hunger for the new—had repercussions in the culture at large.
  — Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 22 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Nov 2024