I could tell she spoke in earnest.
The money was given in earnest to finalize the contract.
At last he has settled to his work in earnest.
She spoke half in sport, half in earnest.
The next day, an earnest editor wrote an editorial.
But I have some earnest advice for you.
So be earnest and repent (changing your mind and attitude)” (AMP).
If I were, this is the stage when I would prepare in earnest for them.
Neither of them has officially declared their candidacy yet, and the campaign will start in earnest only in April.
They were an earnest and eager bunch, and their attire was more business-casual than sultry Spanish Harlem.
Despite some earnest waffle about addressing the long-term fiscal challenge, Mr Obama has been short on specifics.
Tom seemed to think there was decidedly room for improvement in me, and seemed very earnest that I should be converted.
This government has contributed its share to the prosperity and well-being of the nation by performing its bounden duties in real earnest.
I hope that beginning from Madam's current visit, government officials of the two countries will conduct earnest consultations through diplomatic channels to find ways of avoiding any disasters.
And as for scientific, biological-type definitions... as well as being firmly rooted in nonsense, we all know what happened last time those were deployed in earnest.
And here's a picture of real effective exchange rates for two countries, starting from January 2007 - roughly the point where the bubbles began to deflate in earnest.
Implement the National Physical Fitness Programme in real earnest to improve the physique and health of the citizens and establish a preliminary multi-purpose sports service system in the interest of and for the convenience of the citizens.
On our first or second date, Dave asked me so many earnest questions about my award-winning background in ballroom dance that I finally confessed I knew only the jitterbug.
In transforming from acoustic folkie to electrified rocker, a process begun in earnest on side one of 1965's Bring It All Back Home, Dylan rewrote the rulebook for pop music.
Their play, and ours, appears to serve no other purpose than to give pleasure to the players, and apparently, to remove us temporarily from the anguish of life in earnest.
'if you want to ask for edification on these things of moment, there's a very earnest good man going to preach a charity-sermon to-day in the parish you are going to - Mr Clare of Emminster.
