Sentence examples for not earnest from inspiring English sources

Picard is not earnest.

"It's not earnest or reverent.

It's not earnest and doctrinaire, but it does more than nod to its northern European setting.

These books are not middlebrow; that is, they are not earnest pretenders to art and edification.

"But it is not earnest and over-serious and preachy, it is incandescent and disruptive.

"She's passionate about what she believes in — social justice and conservation — but she's not earnest," he said.

"Matt and I really wanted to do a show where the heroes weren't earnest," Mr. Santora said of the series's humorous antics and verbal sparring.

He left journalism school because he wasn't "that earnest"; he didn't believe journalists could make a difference.

She was never not in earnest".

Not on Earnest's list: the security of Israel.

There is a case to be made for the importance of not being earnest.