Sentence examples for on earnest from inspiring English sources

It's especially big on earnest men in uniform lifting heavy objects: one key moment is the recreation of artillery gunner Seyit Çabuk's legendary feat of picking up three 275kg shells, allowing his unit to continue firing during the initial naval battle.

Eric Rohmer's films aren't just people talking at length on earnest subjects.

The Governor isn't big on earnest, high-minded good-government concerns.

Like Murphy, Lewis has taken on earnest projects that have brought him nothing but grief.

PRINCE CHARLES, heir to the British throne, spends a lot of time on earnest attempts to influence public policy.

Without seeming to strive for novelty — or history — Berry has introduced a vibe of informal inventiveness into a venture that can seem too hung up on earnest research.

But Stewart just has two gears: joking and full-on earnest.

Though ably acted and indisputably on the side of the angels, "Suffragette" as directed by Sarah Gavron is more dead-on earnest and schematic than it needs to be.

"Alice is a natural follow-on from Earnest," he says.

And as the Taylor trial nears its end, the very un-African cases against Mladic and Karadzic carry on in earnest.

The hunt, however, is on in earnest.