overeager
/ (ˌəʊvərˈiːɡə) /
excessively eager or keen: overeager supporters
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How to use overeager in a sentence
Unfortunately, dozens of pyramids are missing their peaks thanks to an overeager, gold-seeking explorer.
Even worse: Both overeager interviewers were from the same network.
Golden Globes 2011: Watch the Funniest Moments | The Daily Beast Video | January 17, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTSoldiers with purses filled with promises are not overeager to face skilled marksmen.
The Adventures of Kathlyn | Harold MacGrathThe outsiders, nervous and overeager, were making their bids for the purse, and making them too soon.
Old Man Curry | Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van LoanComus, the trierarch, was overeager, or he would have remembered that which he seemed to have forgotten.
Ulric the Jarl | William O. Stoddard
They were overeager to contact the fighters and one of them caught a crossfire as he roared in.
A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F. | Rutherford G. MontgomeryThe chief rule is not to be overeager in getting at the desired secret.
Criminal Psychology | Hans Gross
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