Sentence examples for too earnest from inspiring English sources

Too earnest or pretentious or writerly.

"We tend to be too earnest sometimes.

It's just that sometimes her pursuit is too earnest.

The jolting screams are too earnest to be real.

Alas, all this awareness can grow just too earnest.

What makes Ilse's narrative-within-the-narrative "contrived" and Schlink's efforts generally too "earnest"?

For such an experiential production, "Last Days" is frequently arid and all too earnest.

The yearly technology forecasting game tends to be too earnest and too obvious.