Sentence examples for extremely earnest from inspiring English sources

He called them "extremely earnest" women who are "concerned as we all are about nuclear war".

Conan O'Brien, whose Conaco production company is behind "Eagleheart," wrote by e-mail that Mr. Elliott "is extremely earnest about being absurd".

And though Mr. Gore's statements about how this is about something bigger than his own ambition have been criticized as being phony, those who know him feel there is little question that he believes what he is saying, an extremely earnest patriotism having been bred into him as the son of Senator Albert Gore.

Extremely earnest and occasionally insufferable, Effie Trinket and the "Idol" judge are often sparks of energy in what would otherwise be dull moments.

Richardson hesitated to begin such a project, and he did not work on it until he was prompted the next year June 17500) by Mrs. Donnelland and Miss Sutton, who were "both very intimate with one Clarissa Harlowe: and both extremely earnest with him to give them a good man".

I think about Bennett from time to time, and reached out to him for this Q&A because in spending time with him, I found him to be an extremely honest, earnest, and good person.

That urge leads to a silly guessing game, in which one of the extremely polite and rather earnest servers challenges you to name the main ingredient in one dish.

The next EU budget round, which starts in earnest later this year, will be extremely tricky.The real risk, however, will not be that EU negotiations become harder.

Among her would-be rescuers are Will, an earnest swordmaker, and the extremely self-assured Commodore Norrington (Mr. Davenport) of the British Navy.

The showroom gets densely packed and the lines for events extremely long, but the vibe remains upbeat and nerdily earnest, with double-takes from passers-by as Supermen, Captain Americas and Doctor Whos roam the nearby streets.

And he is extremely affecting as the dying founder of Pakistan in the handsome, earnest but fatally didactic "Jinnah" (1998) -- a performance he often cites, along with his hearty pagan lord in "The Wicker Man" (1972), as his favorite.