Sentence examples similar to earnest do from inspiring English sources

Earnest does not play well in Trenton.

Earnest does not have to explain his reverence.

However Earnest did not dispute on Monday that the president knew she was not using a state.gov address.

Mr. Earnest did not signal any shift in administration policy, which has been to keep open lines of communication to Egypt's generals.

The funniest scene is an all-male performance of "The Importance of Being Earnest," done in a restrained "Charley's Aunt" style.

Mr. Virgo even handles romantic disappointment the same way, as on "Fantasize," in which he covets someone else's woman but sounds so earnest doing so that it's hard to be mad.

At one point during the prep session, Gerald F. Seib, the Washington bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal, asked in earnest, "Does anyone have the feeling like we're ganging up on Romney?" Mr. Williams, a commentator for the network, did not miss a beat.

Earnest did not address this directly but noted that following Obama's act at the annual dinner is "one of the most difficult tasks in comedy", since the president has shown himself "adept" at delivering one-liners and so expects comedians to go "right up to the line".

"But being earnest doesn't mean you have the right answer," he says.

Earnest did not say if boosting that effort was in the cards, but he did not rule it out.

The play depicts the two guys as competitive knuckleheads: Ben (Ms. Withers) is the vacuous, good-time guy, Matt the unbearably earnest do-right.