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Meanings of sudden eagerness in English

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Usage of sudden eagerness in English
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But he turned again to Stephen and said with a sudden eagerness:
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
2
Gaspare looked at him with sudden eagerness mingled with a flaming anxiety.
A Spirit in Prison
3
Jinny burst out with sudden eagerness, ever thinking of others before herself.
A Prisoner in Fairyland (The Book That 'Uncle Paul' Wrote)
4
Carlisle said with sudden eagerness: Do wait a minute for me, mamma!
V. V.'s Eyes
5
I questioned, the swift words tripping over themselves in sudden eagerness.
Gordon Craig, Soldier of Fortune
6
Ben scowled, and the dark eyes fixed upon him brightened with sudden eagerness.
In Apple-Blossom Time: A Fairy-Tale to Date
7
He tore the envelope open, glanced at the letter, then read it with sudden eagerness.
Lost in the Air
8
Perhaps," she said, with sudden eagerness, "you were asleep when I came in!"
The Three Partners
9
She said with a sudden eagerness, Harry, it's a very big thing for me, for Field's.
This Freedom
10
I said, watching him in sudden eagerness.
The Devil Doctor
11
Glennard took the book with sudden eagerness.
The Touchstone
12
The Countess leaned forward with sudden eagerness.
The Lighted Match
13
She looked at him with sudden eagerness.
The Avenger
14
Rose gazed at Sylvia with sudden eagerness.
The Shoulders of Atlas: A Novel
15
What sudden eagerness is this you evince?
Jane Eyre: An Autobiography
16
Lydia's sudden eagerness, the spring in her step as she started to leave his office, had him frowning.
To catch a thief
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United Kingdom
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