How to Use zeal in a Sentence

zeal

noun
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  • Roots bona fides, goosed with rock zeal and a chip on the shoulder.
    — Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 20 June 2022
  • Such zeal can lead us to act in ways than are less than godly.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2021
  • Za’Darius Smith didn’t hide his zeal to play his former team.
    — Ryan Wood, USA TODAY, 12 Sep. 2022
  • And, to be fair, few directors can draw with such zeal from the deep well of the uncanny.
    — The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2022
  • If Texas now has to settle for Plan B, will the zeal and the dollars be there for someone else?
    — Chuck Carlton, Dallas News, 6 Dec. 2020
  • Kauanui said Smith’s zeal rubbed other students the wrong way.
    — New York Times, 25 May 2021
  • The actor hopes to extend this zeal into her film projects as well.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 June 2023
  • Clorox’s future will be brighter if some of the zeal for deep cleaning persists.
    — Justin Lahart, WSJ, 21 May 2021
  • In today’s edition: Vance is just Trump with even more zeal.
    — Drew Goins, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
  • Still others have sought to prove their zeal by hurling Maoist-era abuse.
    — The Economist, 31 Mar. 2021
  • Vance, by contrast, sounds like a true believer with the zeal of a convert.
    — Max Boot, Washington Post, 5 July 2024
  • After all, a zeal of zebras wouldn’t be the weirdest thing found in Maryland.
    — Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2021
  • The zeal, though, can go too far—especially among those at wit’s end.
    — Abigail Gruskin, The Atlantic, 6 Apr. 2022
  • There’s no one event that can explain the surge, apart from a wave of speculative zeal.
    — David Meyer, Fortune, 17 Dec. 2020
  • There’s a lot of zeal, debate, and confusion about NFTs right now, and for good reason.
    — Andrew Weaver, Outside Online, 20 July 2022
  • Odom had 19 points and three steals in 21 minutes, all accomplished with a child-like zeal that kept Xavier fans on their feet and yelling.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 19 Dec. 2021
  • Jon Stewart returns to ‘The Daily Show’ with his trademark zeal and wit.
    — Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The purpose for the rules is getting lost in the anti-doping movement’s zeal to enforce them.
    — Ken Goe, oregonlive, 2 July 2021
  • But the novelty of seeing Big Stars up close wore off fast, along with my zeal about breakfast.
    — Time, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Hong Kong’s freewheeling media has been among the targets of this zeal.
    — Suzanne Sataline, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 July 2021
  • His zeal for hitting has led him to be impatient and undisciplined at the plate at times.
    — Abraham Nudelstejer, Dallas News, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began with hubris and a zeal to reshape the world order.
    — Robyn Dixon and Catherine Belton, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Feb. 2023
  • The couple has two daughters and a son who are accustomed to their mother’s zeal.
    — Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
  • The zeal that drove the pioneers across the continent would be exhausted.
    — Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2022
  • Trebek's voice was soothing and neutral, yet had a hint of mischievous zeal.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2021
  • Indeed, the zeal of the protesters in April and May of that year led to a climactic legal battle.
    — Tomiko Brown-Nagin, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Feb. 2022
  • Hiring bright people with a zeal to succeed in the industry would top my list.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 28 June 2021
  • Many Web3 founders approach their work with a missionary-type zeal.
    — Alex Tapscott, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2022
  • In horse racing’s zeal to plumb the depths of its own brokenness, there are no winners, only losers.
    — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 10 May 2021
  • Despite her unflinching zeal, Romero is frank in acknowledging that there are limits to that power.
    — Gordon Cole-Schmidt, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2024

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