Sentence examples for has earnest from inspiring English sources

Its protagonist is Doreen, "15 and sentimental," and in love with a high school teacher who has earnest gray eyes and reads French poetry with a "voice full of sadness".

We've had Earnest for lending, Oscar for insurance and now we have Marcus for Main Street.

They can't just have earnest discussions about kerb heights and bus stop by-passes.

They have earnest hopes for a McGrady revival at Madison Square Garden, but that is a wish and not a necessity.

Huggins has always been an underrated teacher, and he had earnest and willing pupils in these Mountaineers.

At the high end, you have earnest parents who worry about uptown problems like overscheduling kids and the hothouse environment of elite schools.

They too have earnest songs about love and devotion, delivered with folky strumming and hearty vocal harmonies, but with more of a 1960s flavor than Mumford.

"I am having earnest discussions with the other folks who are interested and the county leaders in Staten Island and Brooklyn," Mr. McMahon said Tuesday.

For all the stern fortitude he evinced in combat, he had a softer side, too, most in evidence with his female inner circle, with whom he joked and had earnest theological discussions, and whom he showered with affection.

They had earnest questions.

"We're still assessing exactly how narrow it is and determining what kind of impact it actually would have," Earnest said in his daily briefing.