Sentence examples for Somewhat earnest from inspiring English sources

Ms. Plaza chipped away at her sarcastic veneer with the 2012 indie comedy "Safety Not Guaranteed," in which she is a somewhat earnest writer.

The bespectacled and somewhat earnest Rangnick was dismissed as an esoteric "football professor" out of tune with what was obviously much more important than any new ideas: the old "German virtues" of will-power, leadership and Zweikampf.

On the face of it, they were an odd combination: the dazzlingly handsome and well-connected scion of New England wealth, a Harvard-educated war hero – and the sober, somewhat earnest law graduate from Nebraska, of half- Danish, half-Russian Jewish stock, who had never left the Midwest until he went to Washington in 1951, aged 23 and without contacts, only the dream of a career in government.

He seemed to be even-tempered, honest and somewhat earnest.

The company appears somewhat earnest when it writes: "We're thankful to be based in San Francisco, a city that recognizes love doesn't have to look any certain way.

It's a fascinating period piece, from the dolly birds draping themselves across the lascivious Jones in the opening episode, to a lengthy and somewhat earnest skit with Anne Bancroft about women's liberation.

Mr. Lay seemed somewhat less earnest when, on the advice of his lawyer, he invoked his Fifth Amendment rights before Congress earlier this month, although the manual does say that employees should "not disclose Company proprietary or confidential information to other employees or outsiders......

A surprisingly good and satisfying if somewhat over-earnest debut.

Shrewdly side-stepping the saccharine schmaltz of show tunes – even the single Joseph extract, "Any Dream Will Do", is listed as a 'Bonus Track' – Mead sets out his stall with, on its own terms, a surprisingly good and satisfying if somewhat over-earnest debut.

While Mr. Smith's earnest, somewhat preachy demeanor has not changed much, what and to whom he sells certainly has.

Adapted from the writings of Danny Laferriere, who cites 'sexuality as an instrument of political, social or economic power' as his prime concern, this is earnest, somewhat overwrought stuff from acclaimed director Laurent Cantet.