Sentence examples for earnestly points from inspiring English sources

As Charlie earnestly points out, this makes him no different from the N.F.F.A.

Then, she quickly and earnestly points out that she has no issue with the religious police.

"I work with '60s through '80s porn," he said earnestly, pointing to a piece on the wall, as Ms. Lebowitz nodded solemnly.

He compares the "neo-atheists" to people standing outside a cinema, earnestly pointing out that Leonardo DiCaprio did not really go down with the Titanic in other words, a crowd of crashing bores spoiling the fun by stating the obvious to people who know better than to take a film as gospel truth.

The pilot started to earnestly point out petro-chemical plants and other non-scenic items in the opposite direction in order to distract the leisure-suit guy, who was trying hard to maintain a state of denial about what was going on a few inches away.

It produced a few flashes of wit ("Give a little credit to our public schools!"); a couple of earnestly obvious points ("Depends who you follow"); some understandable speculation that my account had been hacked by a troll; a message from my wife ("I don't know if Twitter makes you stupid, but it's making you late for dinner. Come home!"); and an awful lot of nyah-nyah-nyah ("Um, wrong". "Nuh-uh!!").

Respond sweetly and earnestly to his points; don't roll your eyes or give him a condescending smirk before delivering a sarcastic remark highlighting a flaw in his thinking.

I'm in the middle, in shaggy haircut, Lennonish eyeglasses, and turtleneck, earnestly making some point (probably about the need to avoid alienating the great mass of Americans).

Despite its length, the production has attracted a large number of children, who can be seen earnestly explaining the fine points of the narrative to their parents during the intermissions.

What about my fucking humanity?" But Art Garfunkel scuppered the joke by speaking earnestly to that very point.

For the next eight years, I spent each month thinking that it would be my last in the United States; at one point, I earnestly considered packing up with my family and moving back to Ghana.