sincereness

Example Sentences

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I started working up a good apology fulled up with lots of sincereness for when I saw Ma.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis

This arises from two causes: from the profound sincereness with which Wordsworth feels his subject, and also from the profoundly sincere and natural character of his subject itself.

From Selections from Wordsworth and Tennyson by Wordsworth, William

Martha rose from her seat to greet her, in the hearty Hawaiian way, arms about, lips on lips, faces eloquent and bodies no less eloquent with sincereness and frank excessiveness of emotion.

From On the Makaloa Mat by London, Jack

The Reformation has been often called a Hebraizing revival, a return to the ardor and sincereness of primitive Christianity.

From Selections from the Prose Works of Matthew Arnold by Johnson, William Savage

By den us have sev'ral chillen and I changes from de frivol'ty of life to de sincereness, to shape de dest'ny of de chillins' life.

From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 3 by United States. Work Projects Administration