Sentence examples similar to earnest- from inspiring English sources

Much loved yet little read, for almost a century this strange, earnest and inconsolable novel has haunted the fringes of fiction.

But the DUP leader vowed that when negotiations begin in earnest today he would not be talking directly to the largest republican party.

It has swelled in size as residents who fled the recent war in the Congo start to return, to take up work in trade, fishing and gold mining, which is beginning to kick off in earnest.

It's a trend that continues in earnest, and not just in Bristol but across the UK.

Like the more earnest characters in Star Wars, the leaders of minor parties who are angling for a pact always promise to bring balance to the Force.

At 49, earnest and nervous, a scientist and a mother, she brought to mind the pioneering heroism of a Madame Curie, the dogged faith of a Joan of Arc.

An open letter from the team asking the fans to accept that it might take some new arrivals a little longer "to adapt to the German mentality and lifestyle" was either an earnest attempt to foster integration or a cynical, Magath-led ploy to shift the blame from the obsessive wheeler-dealer manager to the foreign recruits.

Batmanghelidj said the nuclear deal would allow a new phase of business development work to begin in earnest.

The waiter took the cork out of a very good Barolo and poured in earnest, and we sat around like kings of San Siro until the team sheet arrived.

So when Crenshaw, an earnest historian of the game, looks back on the scenes on the 17th green, scenes that caused such an equable and respected character as Sam Torrance to express his disgust, he might, when the emotion has died down, ponder what he has done and whether it is too late to stop it.

He did, however, prove himself to be fairly adept at the Q-shaped plinth he'd been plonked on, shooting down the tail whenever he wanted to look earnest, like U2 during a ballad.