Thirty-some years later - time to confront the S's in earnest - "set" 's final ordering would consume 40 days.
Before you start in earnest, set a timeline for how you'll lower the price of your home if you're not getting any bids: "If I haven't gotten a bid within two months, I'll lower by $25k; and if I haven't gotten a bid within 6 months, I'll lower by another $75k," for example.
Even so, it's hard to imagine this earnest fellow setting off a firestorm by uttering a simple word, as he did in March when he tossed out "incineration," making opponents of the trash-to-ash method go wild.
L. Earnest, Steve Jobs set a Precedent that I Will Not Follow.
The Navy switched its campaign from a high-toned, earnest approach set to classical music.
Remember collegiate rock, full of earnest sentiments set to brawny, slightly off-center folk-rock guitar riffs?
In 2009, Earnest helped set up a reunion of early SAILors together with the new group, who were developing both self-driving vehicles and self-flying drones, among other things.
His anxiety was on the rise, the sun was setting in earnest, the temperature was falling, and the wind was building.
She deposited $20,000 in earnest money and set aside $80,000 more for a down payment on the $347,000 house.
Then there was Natalie Portman's directing debut, A Tale of Love and Darkness, an earnest family drama set against the founding of the state of Israel.
Instead of earnest pleas, heartbreaking set pieces and inspirational songs, viewers will be treated to segments showing Steve Carell simulating orgasm with two women onstage, Sarah Silverman making out with the film critic Leonard Maltin, and a generous helping of bleeped-out language.
