zeal
IPA: zˈiɫ
noun
- The fervour or tireless devotion for a person, cause, or ideal and determination in its furtherance; diligent enthusiasm; powerful interest.
- (obsolete) A person who exhibits such fervour or tireless devotion.
- The collective noun for a group of zebras.
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Examples of "zeal" in Sentences
- They showed zeal towards the project.
- Perhaps in zeal the willing victimize the weak.
- They were energetic and greeted the Pope with zeal and fervor.
- On the contrary, it made the regime supervise the zeal of people.
- His zeal in the cause of freedom was infinitely superior to mine.
- The Jesuits strongly represented the autocratic zeal of the period.
- His vehemence and intense zeal for the Islamic movement were noticed.
- However, the Tibetans spread their script with all their zest and zeal.
- Most of her peers see her intensity and zeal for the occult as unsettling.
- The name of the band reflects the passion and zeal of its members for music.
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