Sentence examples for were not eager for from inspiring English sources

Some strategists said they were not eager for the intense period of stumping, but saw no other option.

But there were other signs that something had happened in the area, and that the Iraqis were not eager for it to be known.

The Israelis indicated that they were not eager for intense negotiations, but they did not reject the conference outright, as if they did not want to offend the Russians.

Washington had sought an "open skies" agreement, which has been achieved with 50 other countries, but the Chinese, whose own airlines have left many of their rights unused, were not eager for any increase.

This time, the presidency did not hang by a thread as the votes were counted late into the night But that does not mean that reporters and politicos gathered in Iowa for the culmination of another year-long battle in the state were not eager for a final, determinative result.

"The Patriot" ended up with a more than respectable $113 million at the box office in North America, but it had cost just about as much to make and has performed dismally overseas where apparently audiences were not eager for a rousing paean to the American Revolution.

Until recently, Mr. Warshauer said, residents returning home to their rural retreats from high-pressure jobs in Manhattan, or Stamford and Greenwich in nearby Connecticut, might have grumbled about poor cellphone reception in low-lying areas, but they generally weren't eager for anything beyond the town's single cell tower.

I'm not eager for godlike status.

Hewitt is not eager for the next innovation to arrive.

We're not eager for the next life because this one is very entertaining.

Democrats are not eager for legislation that they deem too incremental.