Sentence examples for eager to counter from inspiring English sources

She was eager to counter the negative reactions to the show.

The White House appeared eager to counter suggestions it would lift the Iran sanctions without any further review.

Pakistan is particularly eager to counter the growing influence of its archenemy, India, which is pouring $1.2 billion in aid into Afghanistan.

The White House may also be eager to counter the impression that it has taken a hands-off approach to the crisis in the nation's most populous state.

But even in that primordial phase of the industrial era, Rockefeller was mindful of his public image and eager to counter it.

For weeks, I rode around town with a renewed sense of e-bike evangelism, eager to counter those who have argued the silent bikes are too fast and dangerous.

Rebel groups have been eager to acquire the weapons to counter the government's increasing use of warplanes and helicopters.

That seemed to be a message the Northern Alliance was eager to spread today, perhaps to counter reports from United Nations aid workers of massacres, executions, looting and other crimes committed by alliance soldiers as half of Afghanistan fell suddenly into their hands in recent days.

Exporters like Olympus were especially eager to prop up their earnings to counter a surge in the value of the yen after 1985, which crimped overseas profit.

Ms. Spears's team is also eager to release a music video to counter the impressions left by the MTV debacle.

Alliance for Justice is eager to continue to work with Congress to find constructive ways to counter the Citizens United catastrophe.