Sentence examples for hint of earnestness from inspiring English sources

I don't think that's right: if the songs are rooted in reality, they're not the sound of realism, and there's certainly no hint of earnestness in Williamson's ranting over Andrew Fearn's spartan instrumental backing.

Most importantly, I stayed clear of even hints of earnestness.

Fashionable, but with a hint of seriousness.

There is no hint of embarrassment, just full throttle earnestness.

Ms. Upshaw also projects a consistent, wide-eyed earnestness that kept any hint of irony, or the tease of seduction, out of the evening.

There's a kind of earnestness.

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

Does the absence of earnestness somehow necessitate irony?

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.