Vedder is ridiculously, almost comically sincere.
In his review, The Telegraph's Charles Spencer called Once "lip-quiveringly sensitive, almost ostentatiously sincere and hugely successful".
His "I've changed" persona almost seemed sincere, except for a snarky, unsmiling delivery, which didn't lead to many laughs during the relatively short time he was actually on camera.
There is also something deeply sincere, almost innocent, about Norwegian culture.
Richard's rule about travelling in India is a sound one: 'Don't touch anything but yourself.' (And yes, that was also a tentative title for this book)." The book's actual title, Eat, Pray, Love, is sincere, almost reverential: the function of the joke is to fumigate that sincerity regularly to allay any suspicion that the author is taking herself too seriously in her use of it.
"It still feels personal, honest and sincere, almost like you're going to see a local rock or folk band play," Mr. Gran said of the music scene.
Gov. Thomas R. Docking, his Democratic opponent, stood tall and straight behind a lectern a few feet away, facing his audience and his opponent with a manner that was studious, sincere, almost severe.
The whole thing's painted in this wonderfully sincere, almost Malick-ian strokes of boundless wonder, but fortunately there's a stand-in for the cynics among us.
I almost think you are sincere.
Much of the singing is sincere, expressive, almost naïve in its beauty, particularly that of the male chorus and the two sopranos, Michaela Kaune (Leonore) and Karen Vourc'h (Marzelline).
