overeager

/ ˌəʊvərˈiːɡə /

adjective

1. excessively eager or keen

   overeager supporters

Example Sentences

They lined the path as it curved to the right, swaying and rustling in the breeze, like an overeager welcoming committee.

From Los Angeles Times

Yet the anxious, overeager French struggled to solve a U.S. team content to crowd its penalty area, lining up as many as six players along its back line.

From Los Angeles Times

In several panels from 1928, one of his characters, Kolly-Jit, an overeager schoolboy whose name puns on “collegiate,” welcomes new members of the Junior Club with a loud “Howdy!”

From New York Times

He is awkward and overeager to please, but also a phenomenal friend with a heart of gold.

From Los Angeles Times

The organization had rules to stop those kinds of pay-for-play shenanigans and investigators to chase down overeager boosters, who mostly eluded their grasp.

From New York Times