Sentence examples for were so earnest from inspiring English sources

The couple were so earnest in their quest for an appropriate district for their son that they hired an educational consultant based in Princeton, N.J., to offer guidance.

And the serious critics were so earnest, finding lasting importance, for example, in Stanley Kramer's On the Beach because of its bittersweet warning of a world killed by nuclear poison and inhabited only by dying lovers whistling "Waltzing Matilda".

"He was so earnest," she said.

"People here are so earnest," she said.

Activists are so earnest, so dedicated, so — like her parents.

The movie is so earnest that it's embarrassing.

"Most period drama is so earnest," says Thomas.

At points, the film is so earnest that it risks becoming inadvertently comic.

I'm so earnest in trying to give people so much information that I overdo it".

He was so earnest, he may have thought younger girls were virginal.

When it isn't, he likes to watch high-school teams, because they are so earnest.