Sentence examples similar to display earnestness from inspiring English sources

But Obama hopes that by displaying earnestness to change American practices, he can build an image of greater moral authority and that this in turn will produce diplomatic results that have hitherto eluded us.

Socialist, communist or capitalist (and proponents of all three systems were always present), everyone displayed earnestness for logical, mutually beneficial solutions.

Other songs are more bromidic, displaying the earnestness that has sometimes made Browne the target of derision — most recently on Randy Newman's new album "Harps and Angels," where Newman imagines Browne as a kind of Secretary of Humanity.

THE day that Newt Gingrich resigned, the chief beneficiary of Republican disarray leaned over the fulsome leather of a seat on Air Force Two and displayed his famous earnestness.

But there was more to this show than earnestness.

It's possible I'm too hardened to appreciate the earnestness on display here.

And the lissome Ms. Marroquin (who played Roxie in Mexico City) displays a similar emotional earnestness that this supremely arch show can't always accommodate.

In his earnestness, LaChiusa displays the follies of the avant-garde artistic temperament.

The sentiments are earnest, but earnestness has its price.

On his first start for Scotland, and with a bustling earnestness to his display, Craig Mackail-Smith rose to the challenge and scored the decisive goal.

Keegan's earnestness to show his whole hand at once can result in an overeager, unpruned display.