And is the smile more a measure of eagerness to please than of inner contentment?
The bid leaders wanted to replace Paris's reputation for arrogance with one of eagerness.
His measured steps were intended to contain any sign of eagerness.
He entered the presidency full of eagerness and with an expressed zeal to put his aims into effect.
He measured out doses of eagerness and indifference, affection and restraint, so as to make a love affair last.
He issued advice about the fair's folk exhibits with his trademark mixture of eagerness, excitement and pedantry.
Whether out of eagerness or habit forged in the crucible of 1970, Ms. Wexler proceeded to the stairs.
The antiterror coalition is a lonely instance of eagerness on the part of Mr. Bush to work with other nations.
Many report feeling a prickle of eagerness and curiosity when a green button on the office wall lights up, indicating the arrival of the next patient.
Granted, young people haven't been pouring into finance in recent years out of eagerness to reform this rigged system but to milk it.
However, there are now clear signals of eagerness from Pyongyang to resume negotiations and accept the basic provisions of the denuclearization and peace efforts.
