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Meanings of more desirous in English

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Usage of more desirous in English
1
So much more desirous were they all of glory than of life.
The Danish History, Books I-IX
2
Andy was now all the more desirous of seeing the boy's family.
Andy Grant's Pluck
3
Your words only make me more desirous to go, Madame Denise.
A Romance of Two Worlds: A Novel
4
Never was man more weary of vice, more desirous of reformation.
Mike Fletcher: A Novel
5
But on account of its importance, the government were the more desirous of violating it.
Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 18...
6
Mr. Grant, more desirous of reforming the wicked girl than of anything else, consulted Mr. Long.
Hope and Have; or, Fanny Grant Among the Indians: A Story for Yo...
7
As our food supply lowered we were constantly more desirous of economizing the strength of the men.
Through the Brazilian Wilderness
8
By the time he gets home, he's almost forgotten Caro, and is even more desirous of Grace.
The new yorker
9
Ludwig and his sister are more desirous to turn aside, and learn how it is with Nacena.
Gaspar the Gaucho: A Story of the Gran Chaco
10
But this saying only made them more desirous to drink of the wine;
The Book of Mormon / An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon, U...
11
I suppose you will feel more desirous to learn about the state of politics and war at Amoy.
Forty Years in South China: The Life of Rev. John Van Nest Talma...
12
Her sense of separation from her mother made Charmian the more desirous of further intercourse with Susan Fleet.
The Way of Ambition
13
He did this, and found Mr. Curtis even more desirous than before to have him consider the position.
The Americanization of Edward Bok / The Autobiography of a Dutch...
14
The very words had made him recover his temper, and ten thousand times more desirous of gaining admittance.
Vivian Grey
15
The Canadians are no more desirous of seeing England's flag waving over their lands than we are ourselves.
French and English: A Story of the Struggle in America
16
Desirous of learning the language, but far more desirous of commending himself to Euphra, Hugh began in downright earnest.
David Elginbrod
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