Father has an inordinate interest in successful trade, Dexter thought.

But his face was serious now, and he seemed to be taking an inordinate interest in the grain of his desktop.

The pattern of your questions indicate an inordinate interest in a man named Corbie and his house.

The female ceboids, on their part, took an inordinate interest in Blade and did not try very hard to disguise it.

The soldier spotted him immediately, a figure with an intense expression, peering through the crowds with inordinate interest.

Tracy Carlson has an inordinate interest in stains.

He seems to have taken an inordinate interest in her.

The pilot, too, had taken an inordinate interest in what should have been a private conversation.

Fortunately, there were few of the colonists around, and those who were didn't seem to take any inordinate interest in them.

Political leaders display an inordinate interest in the next election, not the next decade, and we're paying the price of it.