Example Sentences

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Head coach Lynne Roberts, who spoke with her last week, said Brink is making significant progress and is champing at the bit to get back on the court.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2025

“He is champing at the bit to resume the job he loves — coaching high school athletes on the football field for BHS,” they wrote.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 9, 2023

This new crew, most of whom were not round for those bruising confrontations, is champing at the bit to see if they can get that done this time.

From Salon • Jan. 18, 2023

It is not as if Bangladesh, a densely populated and poor nation, is champing at the bit to absorb nearly two million more people.

From New York Times • Aug. 31, 2019

We can’t wait now—our carriage is champing the bit at the foot of the stairs—but we’re coming back in a week, and then we’ll do our best to look you up again.”

From Between the Dark and the Daylight by Howells, William Dean