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Example sentences for: zeal

How can you use “zeal” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Unfortunately, their zeal was not matched by their discrimination.
Fanatical in their religious zeal, the king and queen expelled all Jews who refused to convert to Christianity in the same year, and the Moors followed in 1502.
In their zeal to convict, prosecutors all over the country are steamrollering special protections for juvenile suspects.
This insurrectionary zeal subsequently spread throughout the rest of Portugal and resulted in Olhão being awarded the title “Noble Town of the Restoration.”
He clearly is driven by a kind of missionary zeal: "I think that these projects will make a difference to people and the field of Afro-American studies.