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    desirous


    1. Taiden and Vmikel, undoubtedly desirous of seeing her without the skirt she was wearing today, almost immediately suggested going into the pool and she readily agreed


    2. The law was at that time so indulgent to the inhabitants of towns, and so desirous of diminishing the authority of the lords over those of the country, that if he could conceal himself there from the pursuit of his lord for a year, he was free for ever


    3. The cause continuing to operate, he was desirous to raise his rents above what his lands, in the actual state of their improvement, could afford


    4. Their horses whinnied anxiously and reared up partway, clearly not desirous to keep going forward


    5. Left too long in the heat of the day, their little nano-brains had become just a little bit scrambled, and their normal appetites had changed, to the extent that they were capable and even desirous of taking down some bigger game


    6. why the World Bank was so desirous of having him removed and he has been removed)


    7. with two maids only, and she was desirous to wash herself in the garden, for it was heated


    8. 5 Turn away from me vain hopes and concupiscence, and you shall hold him up that is desirous always to serve you


    9. 19 Come to me, all you that are desirous of me, and fill yourselves with my fruits


    10. willing and desirous should go with you to Jerusalem

    11. been careful, that those who will read may have delight, and that those who are desirous to commit to memory might have ease, and


    12. He had been told about my route and was desirous to meet me


    13. 8 Now the copy of the commission which was written from Artexerxes the king and came to Ezdras the priest and reader of the law of the Lord is this that follows; 9 King Artexerxes to Ezdras the priest and reader of the law of the Lord sends greeting: 10 Having determined to deal graciously I have given order that such of the nation of the Jews and of the priests and Levites being within our realm as are willing and desirous should go with you to Jerusalem


    14. Hurrying to get into step alongside his guide, Moshe, wary but desirous of starting a conversation, offered, “Do you handle anything other than military items here?”


    15. 67 At that time certain priests desirous to show their valour were killed in battle for that they went out to fight unadvisedly


    16. Now when Demetrius was set on the throne of his kingdom 5 There came to him all the wicked and ungodly men of Israel having Alcimus who was desirous to be high priest for their captain: 6 And they accused the people to the king saying Judas and his brothers have killed all your friends and driven us out of our own land


    17. 11 So did he slander him because he was desirous of his kingdom


    18. 24 For considering the infinite number and the difficulty which they find that desire to look into the narrations of the story for the variety of the matter 25 We have been careful that those who will read may have delight and that those who are desirous to commit to memory might have ease and that all into whose hands it comes might have profit


    19. 4 Who accepted of it according to the common decree of the city as being desirous to live in peace and suspecting nothing but when they were gone out into the deep they drowned no less than two hundred of them


    20. I regret constructing a new breach to rescue him when Guardon and Ankharet are still desirous of usurping our lands

    21. I expect that most of you sturdy warriors are desirous of returning to your native regions


    22. Only when both partners are equally desirous, equally longing, equally committed, and celebrate their equality, is there hope of permanence


    23. And I am desirous of knowing more about your teachings regarding the coming kingdom


    24. If you would be truly triumphant over the temptations of the lesser and lower nature, you must come to that place of spiritual advantage where you have really and truly developed an actual interest in, and love for, those higher and more idealistic forms of conduct which your mind is desirous of substituting for these lower and less idealistic habits of behavior that you recognize as temptation


    25. He bounded into the chamber like a slit-eyed, snarling incarnation of fury, ferociously desirous to come to grips with whatever enemy was hounding him


    26. 4 The Sadducees, who now controlled and dominated the Sanhedrin, were desirous of making away with Jesus for the following reasons:


    27. 1 The apostles spent most of this day walking about on Mount Olivet and visiting with the disciples who were encamped with them, but early in the afternoon they became very desirous of seeing Jesus return


    28. 1 The eleven had scarcely ceased their discussions of the discourse on the vine and the branches when the Master, indicating that he was desirous of speaking to them further and knowing that his time was short, said: "When I have left you, be not discouraged by the enmity of the world


    29. Now that he was in custody of Pilate and the Judeans, Herod was desirous of seeing him, feeling secure against any trouble from him in the future


    30. Philip was particularly desirous of knowing, provided Jesus had really risen from the grave, whether his body would bear the physical marks of the crucifixion

    31. Being full of truth and of heavenly glory, they are not desirous of vain glory


    32. Maybe the public is desirous of all the coverage because of the violence and gore, but don’t the media have celebrities to cover?


    33. Also, from an overall strategic point of view it was desirous for the Germans to draw the Royal Navy away from Rommel’s supply lines in the Mediterranean and at the same time prevent British naval interference in the invasion of Crete


    34. Mussolini referred to the Mediterranean as an Italian lake, and whilst he was desirous of linking Italian North Africa with Italian East Africa


    35. leader of a nation desirous of peace and goodwill should always be on a goodwill mission


    36. Unemployment lines are growing, and this pathetic excuse of a healthcare “system” is in a sever labor crisis? What other lies could be so blatantly false? And yet, despite the obvious causes, politicians desirous of the fame of public office haven’t the basic sense to recognize the only solution to the devestatingly high cost of healthcare is to lower that cost by addressing the source, not play shell games about who’s getting stuck with the bill


    37. She had never realized that other women might be as desirous for their men as she was for Syd


    38. " He growled in a desirous whisper


    39. But what is it that makes us this way, which is really another way of asking: what is it that makes the Muse, or the unconscious, so hungry, so desirous, of our


    40. desirous of approving themselves to Him

    41. shelter and clothing for those desirous of learning


    42. ence is made by the fact that he is desirous of rewards and possessed of


    43. This is what our enemies themselves cannot by any means hinder, although they be very desirous to take us alive


    44. If he thinks that there are magicians, witches, or wizards who are desirous of injuring him, he is thereby opening the door for the entrance of such thoughts and he will be able to say with Job, “The things I feared have come upon me


    45. ” If, on the contrary, he thinks that there are those who are desirous of helping him, he thereby opens the door for such help, and he will find that “as thy faith is, so be it unto thee” is as true today as it was two thousand years ago


    46. and more interested in spiritual values; and less desirous of in-


    47. I feel deliciously flattered--when I let myself think of it; nearly always I take care to think of something else--that a young man of your undoubted temporal and spiritual advantages should be desirous of pleasing an obscure person like me


    48. And it seemed hard that because I had been so benevolently desirous to reassure Mrs


    49. In the prime of my youth, my desirous breasts are full and


    50. "_Nous allons parler Francais_" I announced, desirous of finding out whether their whole stock was represented by _diable_ and _betise_; "I believe you can all speak it quite well











































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    Synonyms for "desirous"

    desirous wishful hopeful yearning eager energetic hankering hungry inspired

    "desirous" definitions

    having or expressing desire for something