Sentence examples for earnest then from inspiring English sources

He saw that she was in earnest, then he looked quickly away.

Government efforts to do something to clean the chat piles began in earnest then.

If all this health and spirituality leaves one feeling a bit too earnest, then Crestone has a wonderful antidote.

The parliamentary elections, considered the more perilous as the factions are expected to compete for power in earnest then, will be put off until next spring.

All this is done if not quite fully in earnest, then – appropriately for someone who was originally discovered on a demo tape by Pink Floyd's Dave Gilmour – with a good deal of 70s' concept album bravado.

However, if you really want to enjoy dating in earnest then eventually you'll ditch the deal breaker, no start companions.

So far, so earnest – but then he throws in a the most evil of curveballs.

Mr. Randolph came off like an earnest student then — so it's refreshing that on "Lickety Split" (Blue Note), due out on Tuesday, he's back in the saddle as a party starter.

He also wants to resume bodybuilding in earnest, and then to teach it.

Here's the deal: Both Of Us starts with a bit of Swift's earnest mewling, then there's some of B.o.B's André 3000 knock-off rap.

And if there is a God, and he answers earnest prayers, then he will do one small thing that will complete my life in 2012: He will nudge the endlessly embarrassing Michael Steele into the race.