Usage examples for zest
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When Josh was told of his master's intention, his eyes gleamed with pleasure, and he went to his work with the zest of long hunger. – The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories Strength of Gideon; Mammy Peggy's Pride; Viney's Free Papers; The Fruitful Sleeping of The Rev. Elisha Edwards; The Ingrate; The Case of 'Ca'line'; The Finish of Patsy Barnes; One Man's Fortunes; Jim's Probation; U by Paul Laurence Dunbar
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So was my fatigue, and I turned with a zest to my letters and to the arrangements necessary for a three days' absence. – The Gloved Hand by Burton E. Stevenson
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The first zest of interest and occupation in a new world had died an inevitable death; that was natural enough and could raise no surprise. – A Question of Marriage by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey