Sentence examples for was eager to test from inspiring English sources

Garciaparra said before the game against Indianapolis that he was eager to test his wrist in game situations.

As an ex-high school baseball player (all-Queens second team), I was eager to test my left-handed swing against the fabled "short porch" in right field.

Having spent nearly 20 years and €1.8bn developing its product, Varin says, Bolloré was eager to test it in the most demanding of conditions.

Since Herzberg's research presented a possible key to the motivation problem in TI, the company was eager to test whether his theory could be validly applied to its own workers.

He was eager to test his abilities in nonscientific experiments, to plug his brain directly into Final Fantasy XIV just straight-up computer-game interface". One afternoon, he told me, "I always say, why don't we call Guinness, and do a bunch of stupid crap there you go, world record, never been done!

The conflict in the Pacific was still far off, and while there had been some terrible battles, with many Army, Navy, and Marine casualties in the Solomon Islands (and large Army losses in New Guinea and the Aleutians), the carnage was a remote abstraction to me; besides, I was eager to test my manhood.

But now it appears that the president is eager to test the limits of executive power.

Tech companies have been eager to test ways to make workplaces more conducive to creativity.

The two sides were eager to test an unfamiliar enemy, and they fought to the death.

Researchers have been eager to test this type of T-cell.

But researchers and public health officials are eager to test the potential of such a strategy for stemming the epidemic.