Sentence examples for earnestly affected from inspiring English sources

The "Law & Order" franchise needed some freshening: episodes were becoming musty with the whiff of repetition, and in the case of "Law & Order: Criminal Intent," on the USA Network, thick with the fog of Vincent D'Onofrio's earnestly affected performances.

Jeremy Hunt has searched earnestly for an answer.

"He earnestly apologizes to his former students, family, friends, previous constituents and all others affected by the harm his actions have caused".

This inward-directing requirement partially accounts for what's most appealing and distinctive about his troupe — the dancers' affect (call it earnestly quirky).

What's it like, I ask, being called the most unpopular man in pop? "I think I'd be lying if I said it didn't affect me in some way," he says, earnestly.

But he danced earnestly.

I ask that earnestly.

"I prayed earnestly.

"No," Shields replied earnestly.

"Infinity," Bush said, earnestly.

Nall nodded earnestly.