I was earnest when I requested a transfer off the front line.
The shopkeeper was very earnest to his customers.
We tried in earnest to return the money to its rightful owner, but we were unsuccessful.
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He was an earnest man. He performed his task in earnest.
I will tell you the earnest truth. I want to be earnest with you: you're not the one for me. I earnestly want to meet you. Your earnestness is one of your greatest virtues. Not everything is a game somethings are earnest.
Ernest made a very earnest request to Egbert.
The crowd looked on in earnest. Jack awaited the arrival of the Post man in earnest.
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The look on his face was so earnest that she believed him. His earnest devotion to her was a source of great comfort.
He had no money or education, but he did have an earnest desire to prove himself. I thought him a liar at the time, but now I realize that he was in earnest. (archaic)
The man makes an earnest living.
No earnest soul can pass through this world without being called upon to contend earnestly for the faith.