ZEAL in a Sentence

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52 example sentences for ZEAL, such as:

1. They were animated by religious zeal.
2. She had a kind of missionary zeal about bringing culture to the masses.
3. Setting the example himself, the scout engaged in the scrutiny with renewed zeal.
4. I'm afraid your Uncle Henry has a black eye due to Mr. Merriwether's zeal for his part.
5. So he displayed the zeal of an insane sprinter in his purpose to keep them in the rear.

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 Meanings and Examples of ZEAL
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
zeal
 n.  intense interest; eagerness to accomplish some object
Classic Sentence: (48 in 4 pages)
1  I'm afraid your Uncle Henry has a black eye due to Mr. Merriwether's zeal for his part.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
2  It had been preceded by an equal zeal for socialism, which had in turn replaced an energetic advocacy of Christian Science.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 4
3  In such emergencies, Judy would usually have turned to Lily to fuse the discordant elements; and Miss Bart, assuming that such a service was expected of her, threw herself into it with her accustomed zeal.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 12
4  Carol did not recover her zeal till two days after, when she tried Mrs. George Edwin Mott, wife of the superintendent of schools.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
5  I had never seen her so energetic; she was panting with zeal, and the perspiration stood in drops on her short, yielding upper lip.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: XIV
6  There can be no possible belief that these people were inspired by any consuming zeal to vindicate God's law against miscegnationists of the most practical sort.
Southern Horrors By Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Context  Highlight   In III
7  It was quite touching, the zeal of people to see that his health and happiness were provided for.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
8  Animated by the words, and stimulated by the examples of their leaders, they had found their courage, and maintained their ancient reputation, with a zeal that did justice to the stern character of their commander.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 15
9  Setting the example himself, the scout engaged in the scrutiny with renewed zeal.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 21
10  In short, the manifestations of zeal and fierce delight were so great and unequivocal, that the expedition was declared to be a war of the nation.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 31
11  So he displayed the zeal of an insane sprinter in his purpose to keep them in the rear.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
12  That's my mind, said the good lady, breaking suddenly out with a tide of zeal that had been gaining strength in her mind all the morning.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
13  If any part of the dinner was a failure, there were fifty indisputably good reasons for it; and it was the fault undeniably of fifty other people, whom Dinah berated with unsparing zeal.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
14  We hindered and repressed a great deal of cruelty, and congratulated ourselves on doing a vast deal of good, till, as often happens, my zeal overacted.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
15  The under-servants, who were called on to effect this movement, were running and bustling about with great zeal and confusion, when Legree returned from a ride.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
Example Sentence:
1  There is a holy, mistaken zeal in politics, as well as religion, by per-suading others we convince.
2  She had a kind of missionary zeal about bringing culture to the masses.
3  They were animated by religious zeal.
4  Katya's zeal was contagious; soon all her fellow students were busily making posters, inspired by her ardent enthusiasm for the cause.