Sentence examples for while eager from inspiring English sources

Reluctant to ruffle feathers while eager to be seen as "doing something," they increasingly embrace the same subterfuge.

While eager to condemn the public sector strikes ("absolute shit"), he is more circumspect about the rioters.

Banking trade groups, while eager to see further details, said on Tuesday that they were cautiously supportive of the plans.

Mr. Snow, while eager for more prevention, is also spending time in the field eradicating whatever pythons can be found.

But others say that, while eager to mend the partnership, they are looking at possibly deeper changes in the future.

We are meeting the morning after the first presidential debate and Wahlberg, while eager to watch the highlights, refuses to say who he will be voting for.

All the while, he was eager to beef up the company's content arsenal, something Comcast attempted to do with its failed $54 billion hostile bid for Burke's former employer in 2004.

While as eager as any to see him punished, they prefer a long trial at which the details of the atrocities they suffered can be fully aired.

And The Post, while not eager to see him go, was willing to move heaven — but not earth — to keep him, according to some in the newsroom.

The soldiers in this intimate portrait, while not eager for war, operate with professionalism, caution and a strong awareness of the limits of military force.

In part, this is probably because Mr. Obama, while seemingly eager to read from a populist script, is really too cool and contemplative to be terribly convincing in the role.