Sentence examples for element of earnestness from inspiring English sources

What distinguishes this kind of dystopian fiction from its adult counterpart — beyond its being less dire and apocalyptic — is a certain element of earnestness, even preachiness, and the moral is pretty transparent: be yourself.

Womack describes Starr's baritone lead vocals as "charmingly sincere" and he credits them with imparting an element of "earnestness in sharp contrast with the ironic distance of the title track".

Whether or not I am able to confirm a wry irony in his smile, or an element of performance in his earnestness, standing in an elevator with Shia LaBeouf was worthy of my time.

Unlike past projects, there was also a sense of earnestness.

Does the absence of earnestness somehow necessitate irony?

There's a kind of earnestness.

The Coens, it seems, are irritated by the earlier naïve strains of earnestness or pathos.

Gill brings to this narrative a peculiar blend of earnestness, self-aggrandisement, cant and anger.

These guys have been the definition of earnestness since their inception.

Tyler, for his part, mixes in a dash of earnestness: "pursuer of justice".

There was a rare blend in him of earnestness and recklessness.