Sentence examples for earnest others from inspiring English sources

Some have been earnest, others downright mean.

A few of his pen pals remember that he was overly earnest; others said that he was goofy.

The return of the polished, fundamentally decent leading man, a type rarely encountered since the days of Cary Grant, coincides with a flurry of modern etiquette books, some perfunctory and earnest, others with a ribald edge.

Some took an earnest approach; others were playful.

Trump's election has caused a flowering of homemade protest signs and slogans; at the walkout, many were earnest, while others showed a youthful sense of humor.

The actors as well are laboriously earnest; among other things, from their performances you would think life on Tristan da Cunha discouraged the cultivation of a sense of humor.

University of Chicago Press, 1983; $19. Wilde Plays "LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN/SALOME/A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE/AN IDEAL HUSBAND/THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST AND OTHER PLAYS," by Oscar Wilde, Peter Raby (Editor); Clarendon Press, 1995; $65. "THE PLAYS OF OSCAR WILDE: 'LADY WINDERMERE'S FAND AND 'A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE' " (Wordsworth Collection, Volume 1); NTC/Contemporary Publishing; $4.95.

Unfortunately for Imgur, its delay to attack mobile in earnest allowed other developers' apps to stake their own claims on the App Store, where now Imgur's own app isn't in the top charts, and ranked just #500 in the "Entertainment" category in the U.S. (On Android, however, it does better – it's ranked #133 in "Entertainment," according to App Annie).

But Diddy was incredibly earnest about other aspirations, like wanting to be the first African American football team owner, that suggested his passion projects do actually have some passion behind them.

For all their earnest in other endeavors, they have failed the citizens of their districts by lacking the ability and wherewithal to address the states issues at this critical time.

Some days you want to do some very earnest classical work, others you just want to play Frank-N-Furter from The Rocky Horror Show.