Sentence examples for Zealous for from inspiring English sources

Zealous for the advancement of music, he admired Italian music and had a predilection for rich and varied settings for voices and instruments.

"He was zealous for the land.

Teachers like that were zealous for the humanities.

You would be proud of it, he writes, and "likely to be zealous for its preservation".

They were also zealous for, and strict in their observance of, the Torah.

And the basic premise that Jesus was zealous for the political future of Israel as the kingdom of God on earth is neither new nor controversial.

However, despite my love for science, I am a zealous advocate for the place of arts and humanities in education.

I was especially intrigued because, when I travel around the country speaking about my book Kingdom Coming, some of my most impassioned challengers have been Jews who are grateful for the Christian right's zealous support for Israel.

Judge Robert D. Sack, who wrote the 125-page appellate ruling, said that the panel had rejected Ms. Stewart's claim that she was acting only as a "zealous advocate" for her imprisoned client, Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, when she passed messages for him.

He fared less well in the following century: his book, banned in France by a zealous church for whom doubt was now devilish, became a primary inspiration for English writers as diverse as Laurence Sterne, Isaac Walton, Alexander Pope and William Hazlitt.

Mr. Lappin had been the guiding force behind Community Preservation for more than 30 years, and was known as a zealous advocate for affordable housing.