earnestness

Example Sentences

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It was catnip for a generation trapped between irony and earnestness, that wanted to mock everything but also needed to care.

From Washington Post

There it all is: the earnestness, the goofy slacker-speak, the gracious and good-hearted honoring of other people’s good works.

From Washington Post

After rising to fame with songs about her awkward, unpopular teen years, she now embraces cringe and earnestness.

From Washington Post

Fraser has always been an earnest person, and that earnestness has carried him throughout his career — from the early stardom to the later fallow years and, now, during this gratifying upswing.

From Los Angeles Times

The tall, dark and bespectacled ghost detective now has millions of followers and fans who gravitate toward his earnestness and intensity.

From Los Angeles Times