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Recent Examples of desirous With the desirous Moon in your 9th House of Adventure, you may be tempted to go somewhere outside your usual stomping grounds. Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2024 Hybrid annual monkey flowers, although somewhat thirsty and, come summer, desirous of partial shade, are stunningly colorful, appearing in violet, orange, yellow, pink, and red. Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 20 Apr. 2024 But that desirous result eludes screenwriters Coen and Tricia Cooke. Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2024 But Nelson wasn’t the only singer to launch from its desirous refrain. Erin Osmon, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for desirous 
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Adjective
  • If the big names in the Big Easy aren’t reason enough to get excited for Super Bowl LIX, there is no shortage of storylines that make this year’s championship bout between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles especially compelling.
    Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Nervous, yet excited, the 25-year-old filmed the reaction of the two most important men in her life, her dad and her boyfriend.
    Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The folks in in Philly can attest and are eager to see what Fangio has in the offing for Sunday’s game against the Rams. 7.
    Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
  • This unexpected discovery has captured the attention of archaeologists, who are eager to explore its origins and significance.
    Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Perhaps the clearest influence on the underlying market dynamics will be the extent to which vague but avid expectations for a lighter regulatory touch encourage investors to give stocks a longer leash until details are settled.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Spending time going places and doing things alone can be transformative, says Jessica Gaddy, a therapist in Los Angeles and avid solo traveler.
    Angela Haupt, TIME, 21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • For example, someone not willing to open up to you about certain aspects of their personal life can be interpreted as personal rejection, which may trigger defensive or anxious behaviors.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
  • More than a few have faced foreclosure, leaving owners anxious about the need to get tenants back in their buildings or find another use for the millions of unused square feet.
    Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • For the past five seasons, the 2018 first-round draft pick has breathed new life into this franchise and its enthusiastic, table-crushing fanbase.
    Becky Sullivan, NPR, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Right-leaning publications, meanwhile, suggested that the enthusiastic attention paid to Sweeney’s breasts had everything to do with the shifting political climate.
    Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Industry players like the H&M Foundation have shown a keen interest in partnering with such companies.
    Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 23 Jan. 2025
  • City were keen to keep key players fresh for their midweek loss to Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League.
    Holly Shand, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The £150 price tag has raised eyebrows even among ardent Lush fans on forums such as the 115k-member r/LushCosmetics subreddit.
    Victoria Turk, WIRED, 26 Jan. 2025
  • His administration appointees are also ardent supporters of Israel who have openly questioned Palestinians’ right to sovereignty.
    Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025

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“Desirous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desirous. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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