Sentence examples for earnest project from inspiring English sources

Those jokey images, as well as a throbbing underscore that sounds like something lifted from a mid-80's action movie, add a distracting level of showbiz hokum to an otherwise earnest project.

Ohanian's new book, Without Their Permission, reveals the origin story of Reddit as the earnest project of a do-good entrepreneur.

Making Nutella at home is a very earnest project, like deciding to mill your own flour or cobble your own shoes.

Like Murphy, Lewis has taken on earnest projects that have brought him nothing but grief.

That combination — earnest craftsman projecting industry bristle — is not too far from Bobby Gould, the budding studio executive he plays in the revival of "Speed-the-Plow," David Mamet's 1988 satire of Hollywood producers, set to open Thursday at the Barrymore Theater in Mr. Piven's Broadway debut.

It is perhaps not surprising that a doggedly earnest, thoroughly sentimental project won.

He splits the bill with Kline's earnest anti-folk project, Frankie Cosmos (an allusion to the poet Frank O'Hara).

Now they went to work in earnest on the project, and in 1948 they brought out their first album; it was soon followed by two more.

Meanwhile, at the prestigious acting institute nearby, Theater of Cruelty exercises are just that, and the earnest students' final project aims to re-enact a sex scandal that involved Isolde's sister and an older teacher.

And while it's true that the setting is jarring Dylan's increasingly craggy vocals over a smooth background, complete with angel-choir backup that could be lifted from a Perry Como or Andy Williams record what's unexpected is how earnest the whole project sounds.

Alcoa is expected to kick off the second-quarter earnings season in earnest this afternoon analysts project the aluminum producer will report record earnings of 85 cents per share.