Sentence examples for this earnestly from inspiring English sources

This earnestly whimsical play from Keith Bunin, the promising author of the sharp-witted "Credeaux Canvas," is an exceedingly shaggy dog story with a neatly manicured moral.

Viewing the rise of surf culture in the 1970s through the eyes of two brothers, Andy and Jimmy Kelly (Myles Pollard and Xavier Samuel), this earnestly old-fashioned tale telegraphs its conclusion with every bromidic beat.

Perhaps the total antithesis of QT's turbo pop and synthetic aesthetic, this earnestly cinematic video is billed as "Chapter 2 of the How Big How Blue How Beautiful odyssey" - the first of which being What Kind of Man.

The acting in all this is earnestly, effortfully bland.

That job would be handled by -- and Bart writes this very earnestly -- "Herb Ross, the esteemed director of 'Funny Girl,' " whose work Bart and Evans agreed was "more accessible".

(Saltz) 'Poor Baby Bree in I Am Going to Run Away' (closes on Sunday) Bree Benton brings back the ghost of forgotten vaudeville in this charming, earnestly odd show (1 00).

He calls New York "this town" earnestly, and romanticizes his formative experiences: crashing on a couch on Avenue X in Brooklyn, splitting falafel with broke friends and working at the Gap.

There is nothing overtly religious in his fears – in fact his godfearing father-in-law pointedly remarks on Curtis's absence from church – and at the same time as all this, Curtis earnestly studies books on mental illness and sees a psychiatric counsellor.

Today Cardinal Law acknowledged the impact on the fund-raising effort, and said, "it is for that reason that I make this appeal so earnestly to you to be heroically generous this year for the Cardinal's Appeal".

In "Who Occupies This House" Hill earnestly pursues similar methods.

"I would love investors and donors to really think about this," Omidyar said, earnestly.