Example Sentences

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If anything they were champing at the bit for a real horse race against Trump because that would make for excellent copy.

From Salon • Jul. 10, 2023

After a rain delay, Australia's batters were champing at the bit to get out there.

From BBC • Jul. 5, 2023

And from that moment on, we were champing at the bit to share this play with the rest of the world.”

From Washington Post • Dec. 20, 2022

“The rest of us were champing at the bit to speak out and maintained a silence about this,” this NAM member says.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 28, 2022

Other game designers were champing at the bit.

From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Sterling, Bruce