desirous
IPA: dɪzˈaɪrʌs
adjective
- Feeling desire; eagerly wishing; eager to obtain.
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Examples of "desirous" in Sentences
- Limbaugh said that the media is "desirous" of seeing Black QBs like Philly's McNabb do well.
- Vigdor is trying to change the subject from what Rush actually said: "I think the media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well."
- Governor N.N. January 3rd, 2009 JAMMU - Jammu and Kashmir chief minister-designate Omar Abdullah Sunday said he was 'desirous' of talking to separatist leaders from the state.
- Oh yeah, your dad is still kicking your ass, your livelihood is threatened by a fickle public, and the pressure is on you to do something to stay relevant ... remain desirous ...
- However, those golfers desirous of more variety than just one resort or one country, need look no further than "The World": A luxury ship that is the largest privately-owned yacht on earth.
- Such an affection has he for his country, and so truly desirous is he of the welfare of it, that he would be content to lie under the imputation of a false prophet, so that their ruin might be prevented.
- If you are so unfortunate as to have contracted the low habit of smoking, be careful to practise it under certain restrictions; at least, so long as you are desirous of being considered fit for civilized society.
- He learned from another daughter that it was thought that grief had sapped the father's mind, that he imagined he had visions of his dead girl, and that he was above everything desirous of obtaining a satisfactory portrait.
- The Sub – Prior readily obeyed the first part of the Abbot’s injunction, but paused upon the second — “It is Friday, most reverend,” he said in Latin, desirous that the hint should escape, if possible, the ears of the stranger.
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