overeager
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Why did he have to make an example of a player who was understandably overeager on what could have been one of the triumphant nights of his life?
From Los Angeles Times
That’s when the Alabama defense dialed up a secret plan of its own—designed especially to capitalize on an overeager offense.
The overeager holiday helper — that perennial character in the Thanksgiving tableau.
From Salon
At trial, Sexton’s attorney portrayed him as an “overeager kid” trying to help the FBI, a low-ranking jailer who exaggerated his importance in the scheme.
From Los Angeles Times
I was amused at what I had underlined as an overeager student, always on the lookout for the explanatory phrase.
From Los Angeles Times
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