How to use "desirous" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "desirous" in popular movie and book plots

  • The first woman has lost interest about life and wants to die, but the second woman is desirous to live.  - The Woman Who Brushed Off Her Tears
  • Anindya wants to become a hero, Kaushik is a boxer and is desirous to marry his boxer coach, and Sagnik wants to become a playback singer.  - Sare Chuattar Ghosh Para
  • Also desirous of the pearl is Job Mourdant, Beverly's guardian, who kidnaps his ward and heads out to sea.  - Terror Island
  • A young man, Mohan, is engaged to her and is desirous of owning the Belli Moda, and leaves to US for studies.  - Belli Moda
  • Knowing that the Culler is her first love Ralph, Beatrice is both afraid and desirous of his vengeance.  - Wideacre
  • One who rents a farm is like one desirous of physical love; he simply seeks whatever harvest it will yield to himself.  - Symposium (Xenophon)
  • During this conversation, Athelstane emerges – not dead, but laid in his coffin alive by monks desirous of the funeral money.  - Ivanhoe

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