How to Use champing at the bit in a Sentence

champing at the bit

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  • After the season 1 finale aired, fans were champing at the bit for more, natch.
    — Sarah Felbin, Women's Health, 1 June 2023
  • Penn State’s players are champing at the bit to make a statement in 2021 and a victory over No.
    — Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 Sep. 2021
  • Helios is harnessing his team, champing at the bit to make good time.
    — J. S. Westbrook, National Review, 23 June 2022
  • But employers are still champing at the bit to hire more workers.
    — Arkansas Online, 6 Aug. 2022
  • Everybody’s champing at the bit to put their bird feeders back up.
    — Maddie Bender, Scientific American, 13 Aug. 2021
  • On one hand, companies are just champing at the bit to host them after a few years of lockdown livestreams.
    — Allison Johnson, The Verge, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Marketers are champing at the bit to replace their interns.
    — Reece Rogers, WIRED, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Elise King is champing at the bit to return to her day job as a detective inspector with the major crime team.
    — Mary Cadden, USA TODAY, 15 June 2022
  • Ten months after their finals run came to an end, the Celtics are champing at the bit to return to postseason basketball.
    — Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Like fishermen, duck hunters are champing at the bit to test the water of Texas’ newest freshwater reservoir.
    — Matt Williams, Dallas News, 29 July 2022
  • Prospective bettors in Kansas have been champing at the bit since sports betting in their state became legal.
    — Xl Media, cleveland, 7 Aug. 2022
  • Weidenbach is champing at the bit to impress Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh.
    — Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2023
  • Weidenbach is champing at the bit to impress Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh.
    — Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2023
  • Until then, the Spartans are focused on installing schemes and working the basics – biding their time while champing at the bit to get the season underway.
    — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 25 Aug. 2022
  • But developers have been champing at the bit to turn the formal naval base into a destination.
    — Justin Phillips, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Mar. 2022
  • Republicans — some of them anyway — are champing at the bit to impeach President Biden.
    — Joel Mathis, The Week, 27 Sep. 2022
  • This news couldn’t come at a better time for tech regulators, champing at the bit for more ammunition in state and federal antitrust campaigns.
    — Dave Gershgorn, Fortune, 1 July 2021
  • Businesses also are champing at the bit to return to normal, although pivoting will be more rushed than some expected.
    — Rachel Hutton, Star Tribune, 6 May 2021
  • After all, if the raucous reception to Broadway’s return to New York theaters is anything of an indicator, audiences have been champing at the bit for the return of Broadway shows.
    — Jerald Pierce, chicagotribune.com, 30 Sep. 2021
  • However, legalization would be a game changer for the cannabis industry in Europe, and German companies are already champing at the bit to enter the market.
    — Dario Sabaghi, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
  • President Joe Biden, whose Cabinet didn’t exactly hide their distaste for Malpass, is now reportedly champing at the bit to appoint a successor.
    — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 16 Feb. 2023

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