earnestness
Example Sentences
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And it’s that type of refreshing, radical earnestness that inspires a deeper conversation about the film’s many virtues.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
Colbert often emits sarcasm but in this moment, he let Vuong’s earnestness take the spotlight.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
The stadium-filling singer-songwriter grapples with fame and feelings of loneliness on an album of unrelenting earnestness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
Like every other detail here, that implicit complaint is dusty and ossified, and Mr. Williamson’s formerly wised-up dialogue has been supplanted by a grinding earnestness, with everyone constantly asking about one another’s feelings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
So it was with a great deal of earnestness that she replied to Ruth.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
Vocabulary lists containing earnestness
The Devil's Arithmetic
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Lee Surrenders to Grant (1865)
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