eagerness

He could not keep the eagerness out of his voice.

I asked, trying to keep the eagerness out of my voice.

I did not face the night with any eagerness myself.

I still read the books, but not with the old eagerness.

She held up one hand as though to stay his eagerness.

They were looking at me with what I took to be great eagerness.

The administration has not showed much eagerness to deal with these issues.

He saw her eagerness to help as another good sign.

There was no eagerness in the systems around me, though.

By this time, I was all eagerness to hear more.

But there was a second reason for her eagerness today.

Or is it perhaps a certain eagerness to have me gone?

Often before she had asked such a question; but never with quite the same eagerness.

Without eagerness, he went to hear what she had to say about it all.

He would march to such a war with all the eagerness of a boy on his way to school.

The boy's face clearly showed his eagerness to hear more.

In their eagerness for money, long hours are usually an advantage.

I had done everything wrong in my eagerness to get out of prison.

"They have a real eagerness to get that under control, same as we do."

Twice was he called almost from the door by her eagerness to have him gone.

A long minute went by, and finally her eagerness to tell them was too great.

As a young man he showed great eagerness to learn new things.

Now she saw an expression of eagerness come over his face.

This I did, with an eagerness born of days without him.

She knew he was surprised at her eagerness to leave.