Example Sentences

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“But it’s all part of a process of getting better. He was champing at the bit to get back out here and he’ll champ at the bit to get out there tomorrow.”

From Seattle Times • Jul. 31, 2021

Still, as a competitive woman, she was champing at the bit to go back and clock a better time.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2017

That a civilization was champing at the bit.

From The Guardian • Jan. 7, 2016

Fresh from a hat trick in the United States’ 4-3 victory at Bosnia and Herzegovina, Altidore was champing at the bit over his return to England’s Premier League.

From New York Times • Aug. 19, 2013

He was champing at the bit to get out there and start hiking.”

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer