Sentence examples for earnestly convinced from inspiring English sources

Sprawled on a private jet in faded jeans and open-collar blue shirt, Mr. Edwards is glowing with confidence and self-regard, laughing and flirting a little, but earnestly convinced that it was necessary and wise to have the filmmaker and her crew recording his every movement and offstage thought.

They smile and urge you to have a nice day, so earnestly that they convince you they mean it.

After lunch from round the wicket Shahadat dispatched Tim Bresnan, who was earnestly trying to convince onlookers that he is a proper batsman.

The talk at dinner reminded me of conversations I had years ago in Nicaragua, Sandinistas earnestly trying to convince me of how moderate they were, of their belief in democracy, a mixed-market economy and so on.

You'd also have to wonder what the Venn diagram overlap is between people who want footy to return to the "good old days" when men were men and poleaxed each other in the name of sport, and those who are earnestly trying to convince themselves that Goodes even sits in the top 1,000 dirty players in the game's history.

It has not yet convinced them, however, to earnestly push for a comprehensive end to a conflict now seriously spinning out of control.

Not convinced?

I am not convinced.

What you now have is all these grotesque creatures appearing randomly and arbitrarily, all of them snarling and plotting and cursing, earnestly reciting pretentious speeches designed to convince the audience that the outlandishly concocted story lines being presented to us actually make sense.

Mr. Obama used his trip to convince the Israeli public that he was a strong supporter and ally — credibility he then hoped to use to persuade the Israelis that it was safe, and wise, to earnestly embrace negotiations with Palestinians.

Nothing convincing.