Sentence examples for * earnestness in from inspiring English sources

Reverend Olds "saw an earnestness in reference to the Christian life that I have seldom seen.

In their fundamental earnestness, in their sense of themselves as a chosen journalistic people.

This task is enunciated with particular earnestness in the writings of the Prophets.

There existed an earnestness in such obsession, of wanting to get everything just right.

Mr. Brenna conveys awkward earnestness in the role — at first, anyway.

By the earnestness in their voices, you're likely to believe them when they say they hurt.

Whether or not I am able to confirm a wry irony in his smile, or an element of performance in his earnestness, standing in an elevator with Shia LaBeouf was worthy of my time.

Sorry, I just don't believe the faux-earnestness in rock lyrics like "I want you" in any context.

When the most delightful part of a show is the curtain call — a ten-minute knees-up, with the entire cast, including the miners, now thankfully liberated from their earnestness, dressed in tutus — you know you're in trouble.

Sheldon is oblivious to the resentment his earnestness stirs, in everyone from the mob to Randolph wants to do him in.

The earnestness comes in when Anne visits Rashawn (Pernell Walker), an angry prison inmate.