Sentence examples similar to a bit over earnest from inspiring English sources

Some were carefully and beautifully mounted and a bit over-earnest ("Overdrive" and the Hammer Museum's tribute to A. Quincy Jones).

One and a bit overs to go.

Songs like Wonderful World and You Give Me Something may strike familiar poses (a bit of over-earnest Keaneplaysailor and a slightly forced Stevie Wonder, respectively) but they provide a warm, unifying, uplifting experience.

I loved the tenderness, however diluted by condescension, with which Mann portrays him as a bit simple, over-earnest, docile, mediocre (what I considered myself to be, judged by real standards).

A bit over the top?

He died a bit over three years ago.

Frankly, we're a bit over him.

Last year, they finished a bit over 5.8percentt.

Seems a bit over the top.

The new title "sounds a bit more earnest for my taste".

Overheard: "Our young designers today are, dare I say it, a bit too earnest.