Style, in any case, has rarely been the prime motivator for Mr. Metheny, who earnestly uses the word "research" to describe the music-making process.
In Episode 5, leads about sex trafficking and pedophilia emerge, and, though the podcast includes clips of people talking about the ethical injustice of linking gayness with pedophilia, Lindsey earnestly uses the term "homosexual ring," before playing clips of Williams and an old news announcer saying it.
She also regularly and earnestly uses words like "hoagie," which we think pretty much speaks for itself.
When spoken out loud, I've noticed the word "Mixologist" always seems to be accompanied by air quotations -- as if the person they're talking to will mistakenly assume they're using it earnestly.
It sounds woolly, but is used earnestly by all three candidates.
*I used "partner" there to keep it gender/orientation-neutral, but be aware that, depending on how deep in you are, you may soon be using that word earnestly to describe the other person in your relationship :(. The "spark" is a very nebulous concept. What does it mean? Is it just a thing in Match.com adverts?
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She earnestly asked, "Does God use the motion of planets to communicate with us?" In her segment, entitled "Is the cosmos telling us the end is near?" she interviewed Cornerstone Church Pastor John Hagee on how God uses the sun, moon and stars to let us know who's boss.
She has reproduced sections of "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" from a used copy, earnestly annotated by an anonymous reader whose own second-guessing echoes the narrator's.
Scott seems to be standing at a distance, cleverly using his characters as players in the historical drama he so earnestly wants to convey.
