earnestness
Example Sentences
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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
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
Yet, at the same time, Penn and Teller performed with earnestness and never judged their audiences.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2025
The earnestness in her voice was persuasive, and on the afternoon of the appointment, after tenth period, Lexie parked her Explorer outside the house on Winslow.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
Vocabulary lists containing earnestness
The Devil's Arithmetic
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Lee Surrenders to Grant (1865)
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