Sentence examples for they were earnest from inspiring English sources
Rather, they were earnest, serious, plodding.
"They were earnest in a way I hadn't really experienced".
The Lone Rangers discovered on the trip that they were earnest urban explorers.
They were earnest about their mission, and by gum, you found yourself, over and over, buying marble peaches and weathered wood dough bowls.
But does Miranda want to see Adam? "What, she wonders, is at stake in his offer?" In the mid-1960s, when they were earnest, striving teenagers, they fell for each other after Adam, a brilliant pianist, accompanied Miranda in her audition for their high school glee club.
Because they are earnest and never blink.
That they are, or would like to believe they are, earnest and idealistic — relentlessly, boringly so.
They are earnest in their approach to documentation and engagement with the subjects.
Both parties say they are earnest about fundamental tax and entitlement reform.
"Frankly, it raises suspicions about whether or not they are earnest in their offer".
