Sentence examples for earnest assertion from inspiring English sources
(And by my own earnest assertion, under-appreciated national treasure).
Part of the response was urgent and earnest — another assertion of cosmopolitan values during a time of ascendant reactionary politics.
It's much more austere and earnest, an assertion that timeless American values can play just as much a part in shaping the future as technological prowess.
Mr. Earnest also denounced the assertions from some Republicans that the $400 million in foreign currency delivered to Iran was a ransom for four Americans released at the time.
In the first, he is at once an earnest policeman and an example of young African-American self-assertion; in the second, he is a mature doctor and a rebellious son.
Even if that can be achieved, a full-blown counter-insurgency campaign is still likely, though it will probably not start in earnest for several months, despite the French defence minster's initial rash assertion that it must begin within weeks.The basic UN plan is for African leadership and manpower to combine with Western muscle and know-how to swat the rebels.
But the public relations offensive began in earnest on Friday, with full-page color advertisements in major New York City newspapers, rejecting the Bloomberg administration's assertion that soda contributes to obesity.
The generals' earnest, beseeching tone seemed highly incongruous from the leaders of a professional fighting force, and it may have been intended to counter assertions here that the violence reflected a new and deliberate assertion of the military's power as Egypt's promised transition to democracy drags on.
chants started in earnest.
