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Meanings of earnestness in English
Usage of earnestness in English
1
But the fan-bearer did not doubt the earnestness in the quiet demand.
2
Everything BrewDog does, he said with great earnestness, is about the beer.
3
The Herr Chief of the Secret Service leaned forward in his earnestness.
4
He spoke with great earnestness; his sincerity was shining in his eyes.
5
The good prior almost smiled at the earnestness of the self rebuke.
6
We have a good illustration of the power of earnestness in speaking.
7
A woman was addressing the rabid conspirators in tones of deadly earnestness.
8
The Captain urged her in my favour with greater earnestness than before.
9
His smile was exquisitely cordial; his glance full of earnestness and sweetness.
10
St. Bernard, reviving religious earnestness in the Church, took the same view.
11
There was earnestness and eagerness-almostfeverish eagerness-inthe expression of his face.
12
In will power, in mere spasms of earnestness, there is no salvation.
13
She was pathetic and pretty in her unusual earnestness and unexplained distress.
14
The intense earnestness of the question surprised an answer out of me.
15
There was no mistaking the earnestness of the body of this faction.
16
The terrible earnestness of conviction tipped their tongues and pens with fire.
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Translations for earnestness
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Earnestness through the time
Earnestness across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Rare