as in excited
showing urgent desire or interest
as soon as the gates to the concert area opened, enthusiastic fans rushed to get the best seats
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Recent Examples of enthusiastic
The crowd – thousands strong but still not even filling one side of the lower bowl of the more than 75,000 seats in the Superdome – is enthusiastic but sparse.
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Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 4 Feb. 2025
As May, Chen is cloying and enthusiastic and undeniably glamorous.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2025
Guardiola did not sound especially enthusiastic about the idea of having to throw his new centre-back signings — Khusanov, 20, and 19-year-old Vitor Reis — straight into his City team.
—Sam Lee, The Athletic, 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
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Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 4 Feb. 2025
As May, Chen is cloying and enthusiastic and undeniably glamorous.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2025
Guardiola did not sound especially enthusiastic about the idea of having to throw his new centre-back signings — Khusanov, 20, and 19-year-old Vitor Reis — straight into his City team.
—Sam Lee, The Athletic, 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
See all Example Sentences for enthusiastic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enthusiastic
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His oldest son, also named Vinnie, who turns 4 Sunday, was so excited Dad was coming home.—
Michael Russo,
The Athletic,
7 Feb. 2025
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And although a move wasn’t made Thursday, Weltman is excited about the next stage of roster construction.—
Jason Beede,
Orlando Sentinel,
7 Feb. 2025
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Many times, Eng’s patients were extremely healthy: vegetarians, marathon runners, avid swimmers.—
Jamie Ducharme,
TIME,
13 Feb. 2025
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Scheffler took the next three months off and, as an avid Dallas Cowboys fan, suffered through the NFL season.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
13 Feb. 2025
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Advertisers seemed eager to evoke a smile or recognition, and then get off the stage.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
10 Feb. 2025
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The Chiefs are trying to become the first NFL team ever to win three Super Bowls in a row, and the Eagles are eager to stop them and avenge their 2023 loss.—
NPR Staff,
NPR,
9 Feb. 2025
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In their posh Palm Springs home, Polly and Lyman Wyeth (at Cygnet, played by Rosina Reynolds and Alan Rust) are ardent Republicans.—
David L. Coddon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Feb. 2025
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Friends and family remember Stephanie and Roger as extremely devoted parents and ardent supporters of Cory’s budding skating career.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
31 Jan. 2025
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Socially anxious and snobby, Victoria is dedicated to keeping her three children on the same affluent life path she's followed.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA TODAY,
18 Feb. 2025
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Bowen Yang and Andy Samberg’s ’80s-pop-style music video about how everyone who has ever worked on SNL has been an anxious mess was an instant classic.—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
17 Feb. 2025
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But the web giant — always keen to serve up what its customers are looking for — has not given up on the high end.—
Evan Clark,
WWD,
16 Feb. 2025
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Hammer seems keen on taking control of his own narrative.—
Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Enthusiastic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enthusiastic. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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