Eagerly

Examples

• I will--I will help you, said I eagerly. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I watched eagerly to see the effect, and became impatient at last that there was no indication of any charge being made. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Fanny, cried Tom Bertram, from the other table, where the conference was eagerly carrying on, and the conversation incessant, we want your services. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Rats were hunted eagerly; cowhide was gnawed and sawdust devoured to stay the pangs of hunger. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Distinguished scientists from every part of Europe seek him eagerly. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• I eagerly traced the windings of the land, and hailed a steeple which I at length saw issuing from behind a small promontory. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• I eagerly searched my reticule. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I opened it eagerly. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• But such as they were, it may well be supposed how eagerly she went through them, and what a contrariety of emotion they excited. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• They found Margaret with a letter open before her, eagerly discussing its contents with her father. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• And can you cling to gaiety so eagerly as to walk all the way to a village festival in search of it? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Certainly not,' replied Mr. Pickwick eagerly; 'not on any account. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Well, Martin, she said eagerly, how is he? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Well did I remember Mrs. Reed's face, and I eagerly sought the familiar image. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• In about ten minutes Meyler came running towards the spot where I stood, and appeared to be looking eagerly about for our hackney-coach. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Before I could answer, she came out eagerly to speak to me in the corridor. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Miss Bennet eagerly disclaimed all extraordinary merit, and threw back the praise on her sister's warm affection. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Worcester eagerly inquired. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Sch?ffer cast a font of Greek type, and used this in printing a copy of Cicero’s De Officiis, which was eagerly bought by the professors and students of the great University of Paris. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• With a darkening face my friend strode along the margin, eagerly observant of every muddy stain upon the mossy surface. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• He had been watching me eagerly out of his small eyes, and I could see a shadow pass over his face as I spoke. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Oh, no, Sir,' replied Mary eagerly. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• There he is still, eagerly pointing, and no one minds him. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• A few months later he was eagerly welcomed by his uncle at Menlo Park, and after working on the telephone was sent to London to aid in its introduction. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• With her head thrown back at first, to force me into speaking the truth; and then bent so eagerly forward to listen. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• This way,' said the fat boy eagerly. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Elinor perceived with alarm that she was not quite herself, and, while attempting to soothe her, eagerly felt her pulse. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• I dreamed it would be nameless bliss, As I loved, loved to be; And to this object did I press As blind as eagerly. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• O, it does, said the first lady, eagerly; I've lived many years in Kentucky and Virginia both, and I've seen enough to make any one's heart sick. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• At the same time I heard Pesca's voice saying eagerly, in low tones, and in his own language--I remember the name, but I don't know the man. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.

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