earnestness
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The earnestness transferred into the character and lifted it.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026
The group’s aesthetic blends ’90s nostalgia and modern editing tricks, all delivered with a curious blend of camp and earnestness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026
Having lost his right arm, he is told, in all earnestness, “There are people who, funnily enough, would give their right arm to be able to do what you do.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025
That’s not to say that the movie feels disingenuous; it’s brimming with earnestness, but fervor can be easily mistaken for fanfare.
From Salon • Nov. 7, 2025
A calm, subdued triumph, blent with a longing earnestness, marked his enunciation of the last glorious verses of that chapter.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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