(v. t.) Having the attention engaged; having emotion or passion excited; as, an interested listener.
(v. t.) Having an interest; concerned in a cause or in consequences; liable to be affected or prejudiced; as, an interested witness.
Example Sentences:
(1) A group of interested medical personnel has been identified which has begun to work together.
(2) Hypothyroidism complicated by spontaneous hyperthyroidism is an interesting but rare occurrence in the spectrum of autoimmune thyroid disorders.
(3) It is quite interesting to analyse which gene of the virus determines the characteristics of the virus.
(4) Another interested party, the University of Miami, had been in talks with the Beckham group over the potential for a shared stadium project.
(5) "Britain needs to be in the room when the euro countries meet," he said, "so that it can influence the argument and ensure that what the 17 do will not damage the market or British interests.
(6) Angle closure glaucoma is a well-known complication of scleral buckling and it is of particular interest when it occurs in eyes with previously normal angles.
(7) Today’s figures tell us little about the timing of the first increase in interest rates, which will depend on bigger picture news on domestic growth, pay trends and perceived downside risks in the global economy,” he said.
(8) To this figure an additional 250,000 older workers must be added, who are no longer registered as unemployed but nevertheless would be interested in finding another job.
(9) Whittingdale also defended the right of MPs to use privilege to speak out on public interest matters.
(10) David Cameron has insisted that membership of the European Union is in Britain's national interest and vital for "millions of jobs and millions of families", as he urged his own backbenchers not to back calls for a referendum on the UK's relationship with Brussels.
(11) But if you want to sustain a long-term relationship, it's important to try to develop other erotic interests and skills, because most partners will expect and demand that.
(12) One of the most interesting aspects of the shadow cabinet elections, not always readily interpreted because of the bizarre process of alliances of convenience, is whether his colleagues are ready to forgive and forget his long years as Brown's representative on earth.
(13) While the majority of EU member states, including the UK, do not have a direct interest in the CAR, or in taking action, the alternative is unthinkable.
(14) And the irony of it is it doesn't interest me at all.
(15) Further exploration of these excretory pathways will provide interesting new insights on the numerous cholestatic and hyperbilirubinemic syndromes that occur in nature.
(16) The information about her father's semi-brainwashing forms an interesting backdrop to Malala's comments when I ask if she ever wonders about the man who tried to kill her on her way back from school that day in October last year, and why his hands were shaking as he held the gun – a detail she has picked up from the girls in the school bus with her at the time; she herself has no memory of the shooting.
(17) Our interest in the role of association brain structures during this behavior is not occasional.
(18) Apart from their pathogenic significance, these results may have some interest for the clinical investigation of patients with joint diseases.
(19) Photograph: AP Reasons for wavering • State relies on coal-fired electricity • Poor prospects for wind power • Conservative Democrat • Represents conservative district in conservative state and was elected on narrow margins Campaign support from fossil fuel interests in 2008 • $93,743 G K Butterfield (North Carolina) GK Butterfield, North Carolina.
(20) Interestingly, different mechanisms of nucleated and non-nucleated TC directed lysis by CD4+ effectors were implied by distinct patterns of sensitivity to cholera toxin (CT) and cyclosporin A (CsA).
Matchmaking
Definition:
(n.) The act or process of making matches for kindling or burning.
(n.) The act or process of trying to bring about a marriage for others.
(a.) Busy in making or contriving marriages; as, a matchmaking woman.
Example Sentences:
(1) Judicious matchmaking saw Patterson build up an impressive winning streak, in much the same way as some of the over-protected champions of today.
(2) It's fascinating what happens when you matchmake some of Britain's best fashion designers with artists.
(3) And since people who join the sharing economy aren't technically employees, it's not the matchmaker's fault if they don't follow every regulation to the letter.
(4) Matchmaking marathoners can also find their perfect running partner by browsing user profiles detailing people's interests, speed records and even favourite running surfaces.
(5) A BBC documentary in 2004, Mohammad and the Matchmaker , made by Maziar Bahari, features the work of the Alaeis who often became very close to their patients, to help them cope with their new lives.
(6) The researchers act as matchmakers, putting pairs of sea slugs into 1.25 ml wells “for one hour or until ongoing copulations had finished”.
(7) Looking for Groups, meanwhile, is more like a matchmaking app, which lets you quickly discover like-minded players to compete beside or against.
(8) In the firm's eyes, it's the paragon of the "sharing economy": a world where people with spare rooms, cars, or even power tools share them with others in a way impossible before tech firms arrived to act as matchmakers.
(9) The time for computerised matchmaking hadn't yet reached a critical mass.
(10) In the end they went to a matchmaker and found a girl," Tamira says.
(11) The Matchmaker is a whimsical but miraculous piece – a staged version of the John B Keane epistolary novella that charts the efforts of a decent man to marry off achingly lonely country folk in the teeth of priestly disapproval.
(12) I feel like he is gilding the lily somewhat with his “fourth-generation matchmaker” schtick, but that everyone is having too much fun getting off with each other to care.
(13) Between March 2013 and the same month this year it found that a bottle of Persil Small & Mighty Biological Colour Liquid had shrunk by 17%, for example, while a box of Nestlé Matchmakers and Birds Eye Takeaway Feasts Original Chicken Popstars had become 14% and 12% smaller, respectively.
(14) • Tent for two from €150, +353 64 664 2888, dromquinnamanor.com Clare: Wild Honey Inn Facebook Twitter Pinterest On the edge of the small town of Lisdoonvarna, home of the famous annual matchmaking festival , and close to the Cliffs of Moher , the Burren , and Doolin , for trips to the Aran Islands , this superb gastropub with rooms is owned and run by chef Aidan McGrath and his wife Kate Sweeney.
(15) Rolling out city by city makes matchmaking easier, but it means that only a tiny portion of the UK and US can use the site so far; and along similar lines, it has only become large enough to support same-sex Groupers in a few American cities.
(16) It was an echo of a sentiment expressed throughout the campaign by celebrities such as Girls’ Lena Dunham and comedian Keegan-Michael Key – and embraced by an enterprising Texan who launched a matchmaking service linking Americans looking to flee a Trump presidency with Canadians.
(17) This is The Outing, an LGBT spin-off of the famous Lisdoonvarna matchmaking festival, in the tiny town (population 822) in County Clare, west Ireland.
(18) At the end of 2015, it had 573 fighters under contract and it’s the UFC’s matchmakers who decide who fights who, where and when.
(19) Protesters filled "matchmaking" forms to on arrival, listing their preferences and skills in activities such as climbing, standing their ground, getting through or over fences, looking after people, providing entertainment or documenting the action.
(20) The more choices available (ie the more popular a matchmaking website), we are told, the better for those making the choice.