Sample Sentences for
avid
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    Meg was sure it was not only imagination that made her feel that behind Mr. Jenkins' surface concern was a gleam of avid curiosity.  (source)
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    MARY WARREN, glancing about at the avid faces: Why—I made it in the court, sir, and—give it to Goody Proctor tonight.  (source)
    avid = greatly interested
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    The boy rode along through the desert for several hours, listening avidly to what his heart had to say.  (source)
    avidly = enthusiastically or with great interest
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    Both men were generations ahead of their times, uniquely gifted artists, members of secret societies, and, most notably, avid pranksters.  (source)
    avid = enthusiastic
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    "Er — no, thanks, Colin," said Harry, who wasn't in the mood to have a lot of people staring avidly at the scar on his forehead.  (source)
    avidly = with great interest
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    For an English professor, and for any avid reader, having a blithely ignorant (and only recently clued-in) husband narrate the saga of his wife's longtime infidelity is about as good as it gets.  (source)
    avid = enthusiastic
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    Then the trail, the frustration, claimed him again and he searched the ground avidly.  (source)
    avidly = with great interest
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    He was an avid proponent of peonage, back when it was allowed, and often leased paroled students.†  (source)
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    We had learned that before her death, Ronda Morrison had been receiving menacing calls and that there was a man who had been avidly and inappropriately pursuing her—stopping by unannounced at the cleaners, maybe even stalking her.  (source)
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    Only human servers were present—a concession to Levana's avid distrust of androids.†  (source)
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    He listened avidly for any mention of Rawlings, Pennsylvania.†  (source)
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    He had never met a fan before, and Billy was such an avid fan.†  (source)
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    But it quickly came back to her and she played avidly, even laughing once when she won a hand.†  (source)
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