Example Sentences

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For Manchester City's players, it probably presents a different problem in that they will be itching to keep their momentum going.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Little fingers will be itching to touch her tempting cut-outs of storybook A-frame houses, a faceted diamond and a towering mousse cake.

From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2021

Unless you are a resolute cat person, you will be itching to scratch a dog behind its ears.

From Washington Post • Oct. 28, 2021

Air travel tumbled during the first months of the pandemic, but millions of Americans are flying each week and airlines expect more will be itching to take vacations after coronavirus vaccinations.

From Washington Post • Apr. 28, 2021

After a whole afternoon of this work, our back will be aching, our fingers will be itching and smarting and we shall possess a dozen Osmia-nests and perhaps two or three Resin-bees' nests.

From Bramble-Bees and Others by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander